checking by MAC address instead of IP address

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Mike Welsh
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:37 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] checking by MAC address instead of IP address
> 
> I've read in some of the documentation that services can be checked by
MAC
> address (as well as  AIM and street address?).

Please reference specifically so we can all be on the same page (no pun
intended). I think I know the page you're talking about but it's not in
reference to using those as replacements for host addresses.

> I have tried setting this up as
> 
> 
> 
> define host{
> 
>         use             windows-server
> 
>         host_name       <host name>
> 
>         _mac_address    <ma:c :ad:dr:es:s >
> 
>         }

This might almost be a valid definition for nagios-3 but you still need
to specify a host address parameter (arbitrary or not, it's required)
and the other required parameters. As to whether you can use a MAC, AIM
or street address as the address for a plugin for its check, the answer
is Yes, as long as the plugin understands what to do with that
information. I'm not aware of any plugins that actually use the examples
above but they may exist.

--
Marc

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