Check online status by hostname
Alex Burger
alex at fragit.net
Tue Jun 29 18:27:00 CEST 2004
Wengrzik, Andreas wrote:
> Hello!
>
> What is the best way to check if a client is online by his hostname??
>
> Wie do a lot changing ip addresses but the hostnames always stay...
> Any ideas??
> Thanks a lot!!
>
>
> Is it possible to create a host with his hostname? Or do i always need an ip address??
You can use hostnames instead of IP addresses. I would suggest that you
add all the host names / ip addresses to a local hosts file, or
configure the server as a DNS server which is authorative for your
domain. If you don't and the DNS server fails (resulting in no DNS
resolution) you could end up with a lot of false alerts.
Alex
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