Checking host up without ping

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Michael Johnston
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 4:12 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Checking host up without ping
> 
> Hi list
> 
> I swear I've seen a way to do this this before but I just can't
remember
> where and I can't seem to find it.  Isn't there a way to check to see
if a
> host is up without having to ping it?  I have a switch that we don't
allow
> ICMP return but I'd still like to have nagios tell me if it's up.
Thanks!

Change your host check_command to something that you reasonably believe
represents the up/down status of the host. Check_tcp to port 23 if it
accepts telnets would probably be sufficient.

--
Marc

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