If the routers are cisco use the check_ifstatus to check all the interfaces, and get alerts if one of your serial/ethernet interfaces goes down.. :) Rafael F Suguiura <rafaelbsb@terra.com.br> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Mike, That´s completely right !!! Now everything becomes more easy... Thanks a lot. I´ll change my configurations to loopback interfaces. I was using serial and eth like different hosts, what´s wrong... That´s all for now, Rafael Brasilia, Brasil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike McClure" <MMCCLURE@PNESERVICES.COM> To: "Rafael F Suguiura" <RAFAELBSB@TERRA.COM.BR> Cc: "Nagios users" <NAGIOS-USERS@LISTS.SOURCEFORGE.NET> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Circular path... > > > > Mike, > > > > Thanks the explanation. I got it... > > But at least I want to remove those serials from map, because they appear > > directly connected to the nagios process, what is not the true... > > I´m attaching a screenshot of my map, with some annotat ions. > > It is possible? > > > > I'm not sure what those are, Rafael. Are they supposed to be the router serial > interfaces? > > If so, why are you defining a *host* for each router interface? I would make each > interface a *service* under a common router host, using the check_ping or > check_fping command. The IP address for each router host should be on the loopback > interface, so that it's not associated with any physical interface (you should be > doing that anyway.) > > That way, you'll know if it's just an interface/circuit down, or the whole router is > unreachable. > > - Mike > > -- > Mike McClure, CCIE # 5125, CISSP # 30232 > PNE Services, Inc. - http://www.pneservices.com > mmcclure@pneservices.com > mobile: 913-636-5590 > > > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. > Scan engine: VirusScan / Atualizado em 20/11/2002 / Versão: 1.3.13 > Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://www.emailprotegido.terra.com.br/ > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/mail/mailsig/*http://mailplus.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Mail Plus</a> - Powerful. Affordable. <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/mail/mailsig/*http://mailplus.yahoo.com">Sign up now</a>