DHCP

[Arno Lehmann]

Hi,

On 6/19/2007 9:11 AM, sujith h wrote:
> Hi ,
> 
> Am Sujith H. I am using Nagios. I have a doubt regaurding the
> nagios(2.0 version) plugin check_dhcp. I get the DHCP offers
> when DHCP server(one or more) is running in the same subnet
> (its for testing). But if its from different subnet is there any other
> plugin available!!!

DHCP, by design, doesn't work across routers, i.e. doesn't cross network 
borders.

Depending on your setup, a dhcp relay somewhere in your network might 
help, or you'll need a probe in the subnet you want to check, and run 
check_dhcp there, for example vie ssh or nrpe.

Arno

> I execute the check_dhcp as :
> check_dhcp -i eth1
> If so can anyone help me..
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Sujith Haridasan
> 
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