<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RE: [Nagios-users] monitoring switches</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5346.5" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>right, but i would like nagios to check that they are up, but not monitor any services on them.</DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: Paul Harrison [mailto:paul.harrison@mainstream-tech.com] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:50 PM To: Ben Thomas; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] monitoring switches </DIV> <DIV></DIV> For most router/switch/firewall devices, snmp is the way to go. Although snmp does require quite a bit of configuration depending on the extent of monitoring you want to do. -----Original Message----- From: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Ben Thomas Sent: Thu 11/2/2006 13:40 To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] monitoring switches What are ways that anyone has found to monitor switches and routers effectivly, other than adding a service to them. i have WAN locations that i would like to monitor but the switches/routers in between would all stay pending if i dont have the host up service on them. i only want them to be checked if there is an issue and nagios is back tracing. ----------------- Ben Thomas Help Desk 1-877-HELPJBG helpdesk@journalbroadcastgroup.com ...................................................................... The information contained in this communication may be confidential or legally privileged and is intended only for the recipient named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately advise the sender and delete the original and any copies from your computer system. </BODY></HTML> <pre>...................................................................... The information contained in this communication may be confidential or legally privileged and is intended only for the recipient named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately advise the sender and delete the original and any copies from your computer system.