ICMP Blocked - Windows Host

[Jim Avery]

On 12 August 2010 22:06, Shane Killian <shane.killian at irishjobs.ie> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using NSClient++ to monitor several Windows boxes. It is not possible to allow ICMP echo on these boxes.
>
> For this reason, I can monitor processes and services but the host itself shows as up.
>
> Is there a way around this?
> Is it possible to do a check other than ping to show a host status of up?

Yes, the host check can be anything you like.  Something like check_nt
-V client_version would do the trick (forgive me if my syntax isn't
quite right - going from memory).

You could alternatively do an snmp query of the switch port the host
is connected to, but that's a bit complicated I guess.

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