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    Anyone know how to test ssh using a domain name instead of an IP? 
    I'm using the rclient and monitoring NAS devices that are remote and
    behind port forwarded DHCP home routers that have DDNS names so I
    have 0.0.0.0 for the host IP's in the hosts.cfg file.  I just want
    to test ssh to the DDNS name, not the IP.  The NAS host line in my
    hosts.cfg is not using a FQDN as the hostname because that gets
    checked as a separate host.  Here's a sample of what I have in my
    hosts.cfg file.<br>
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    0.0.0.0         myrouter.myddns.net     # trace<br>
    0.0.0.0         NAS                 # noconn ssh "RCLIENT:cmd(ssh -T
    -i /home/xymon/.ssh/xymon-rclient
    <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:root@myrouter.myddns.net">root@myrouter.myddns.net</a>),ostype(linux)"<br>
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      <p class="c3"><span class="c1">Thank you.</span></p>
      <p class="c3"><span class="c1">------------------------------------------------</span></p>
      <p class="c3"><span class="c0">Kris Springer</span></p>
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