watching Layer 2 device

[Giles Coochey]

Check the ARP table on a host that communicates with this layer 2
device.

Best regards
 
Giles Coochey
Technical Department
Sapphire Networks

-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Kurt
Yoder
Sent: 19 July 2007 16:03
To: Brandino Andreas
Cc: Nagios Users mailinglist
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] watching Layer 2 device


On Jul 18, 2007, at 2:29 AM, Brandino Andreas wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> i am trying to watch a layer 2 device. It has no ip or snmp
> capabilites.
>
> Except of watching the ethernet port on the switch is any other way to
> check if is up?

Is the device visible from the network in any way at all? Or is it  
possible to configure the device to have an ip address?

If not, you will need to get creative. Maybe create some kind of  
direct serial or usb connection between the nagios monitoring server  
and the monitored hardware. Then write a custom plugin to check the  
connection.

-Kurt

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