switch host definition: no IP

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 dick at uchicago.edu wrote:

> (firewall)---(switch1)----(mailserver)
>  10.9.0.1       |          10.9.0.3
>                 |
>            (wifi AP)
>             10.9.0.2
>
> in this case, would i want to make a host named switch1 and have it be the
> parent of the mailserver and wifi AP machines, or should i omit the switch1 host
> and have firewall be the parent of the two machines behind switch1?
>
> i would like to be able to detect if the switch has burned out, not just that
> the hosts are both down. perhaps my switch is too crappy?

You can not check an unmanaged switch. It is that simple. ("You can't
change the laws of physics captain")

The closest you can get is to verify if the interface from the firewall is
up and let the firewall be the parent of servers.

Hugo.

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