[Nagiosplug-help] check via MAC adress

[Hari Sekhon]

Alex Dehaini wrote:
> There has to be a corresponding MAC to IP match. What environment 
> allows you use only MAC without IPs?
>
> Alex
>
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:12 AM, <jendan at tiscali.cz 
> <mailto:jendan at tiscali.cz>> wrote:
>
>     Hello, I want to monitor AP but i donŽt know IP adress, only MAC.
>     Can I monit if it is alive only with MAC?? some ping or snmp or
>     some check??
>
>     How will be the command looks like??
>
>     many thanks
>
>     Jan
>     jendan at tiscali.cz <mailto:jendan at tiscali.cz>
>
Technically not really you could just ping it knowing only it's arp 
address using arping2.

I'd suggest writing a plugin around this. I can't see the wider benefit 
though unless it is common to
have devices that you want to check that don't have an ip address... it 
almost doesn't make sense
in most normal usage since you usually need an IP on a host to get 
service from it.

This AP seems to be a special case. Alternatively perhaps you could just 
plug in a wifi interface and then have a test that pings a host on the 
wired network to check the wifi?

-h

-- 
Hari Sekhon


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