Checking host up without ping

[Patrick Morris]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Michael Johnston wrote:

> I swear I've seen a way to do this this before but I just can't remember where and I can't seem to find it.  Isn't there a way to check to see if a host is up without having to ping it?  I have a switch that we don't allow ICMP return but I'd still like to have nagios tell me if it's up.  Thanks!

Just use a host check that *can* determine whether the host is up or
not. There's no rule that says a host check must be an ICMP ping.

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