HostMonitor And Proxy

martinbi · Post by **martinbi** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 7:03 am

Hello!
My question is, if it is possible with the hostmonitor, to send ping to pcs that they are behind proxy. And if therefore it is it like forming it.

Thanks!

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 12:13 pm

Ping thru proxy? I believe its impossible in principle. TCP packets can be sent thru SOCKS 4 proxy, TCP and UDP packets can be sent thru SOCKS 5 proxy. But no proxy server will transfer ICMP packets.

Regards
Alex

martinbi · Post by **martinbi** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:11 pm

Alex Thanks! Then exists some way to know if the PC which they are back of proxy is connected to the network?

Thanks again...

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:26 pm

If proxy server configured properly, it does not accept any connections from outside.
In this case system behind proxy must inform you in some way, e.g. it can upload some file to ftp server at regular interval and you will be able to check that file.. or something like that.
Or you may install HostMonitor behind proxy, and setup monitor to publish HTML reports on web server.

Regards
Alex