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Kristian
Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 5
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:58 am Post subject: MAC address |
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Hi,
Can I perform a test on a MAC address instead of IP address?
And if so, how?
Thanks!
Kris |
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KS-Soft Europe
Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 2832
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:14 am Post subject: Re: MAC address |
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Kristian wrote: | Can I perform a test on a MAC address instead of IP address? |
Sorry, HostMonitor does not support such feature. As I know, not every router has MAC-ping feature enabled, so it is not a common way. Could you provide the reason you want to use MAC address instead of IP address?
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Max |
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Kristian
Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 5
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Hi Max,
We use about 100 thin clients that are on DHCP.
That's why I can't use the IP address to indentify the client.
Using the MAC address whould do the trick.
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Kris |
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12792 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:19 am Post subject: |
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All systems in the same LAN? Then you may use hostname...
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Alex |
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Kristian
Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 5
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:18 am Post subject: |
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The TC's are indeed on the same LAN.
I'll give it a try!
Thanks.
Kris |
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Kristian
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:17 am Post subject: |
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Well,
It does work on the local network segment, but it doesn't for the TC's on our remote sites.
I guess that still requires testing on MAC address |
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AntonyP
Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 159 Location: Athens Greece
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:29 am Post subject: |
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I suggest you download snmpsend utility and configure it on all remote computers so that it will send the HM server an snmp trap let's say every 5 minutes, so you will know both the ip of the computer and whether it is alive or not.
But you will need to use port forwarding on your firewall so that all traps are sent to the HM server.
Plus, in order to distinguise each trap, you can add a comment for each computer, like comment:hostname. Only trouble is that you will only need to add as many traps to HM as the number of computers that you have. |
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KS-Soft
Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12792 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | It does work on the local network segment, but it doesn't for the TC's on our remote sites.
I guess that still requires testing on MAC address |
IMHO MAC will not work with most remote networks...
However I have added your request into "to do" list. Medium priority
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Alex |
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Kristian
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Any news on this one yet??? |
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KS-Soft
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:07 am Post subject: |
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Sorry, we have more important tasks. This one will not be implemented very soon.
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Alex |
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thomasschmeidl
Joined: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 166 Location: Germany, Bavaria
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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@Kristian
Quote: | All systems in the same LAN? Then you may use hostname... |
Quote: | It does work on the local network segment, but it doesn't for the TC's on our remote sites.
I guess that still requires testing on MAC address |
What happens if you ping a hostname?
As Ping packets use IP-protocol, the hostname has to be resolved either via DNS / WINS (if available) or by broadcast. The latter is only possible within your local subnet, because broadcasts are not routed
What happens if you ping a MAC-adress?
As Ping packets use IP-protocol, the MAC-adress has to be resolved via ARP. As ARP is a braodcast, this is only possible within your local subnet, because broadcasts are not routed.
=> If the IP-adress of your remote TCs cannot be resolved, it will be difficult to ping them (except you can configure your routers to route the broadcasts).
IMHO there are at least two solutions:
a) Fixed leases on your DHCP-server
b) RMA in the remote subnet
Cheers
Thomas |
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