Checking host up without ping

[Johnston, Mike J]

I guess I should have thought my question through before I asked...
Thanks for the suggestions and avoiding any attempt to pick on me... lol
Thanks all!

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Morris [mailto:patrick.morris at hp.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 4:29 PM
To: Johnston, Mike J
Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Checking host up without ping

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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