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<p>Even I can answer this one - use the NAME in the host.cfg entry, eg:</p>
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<p>1.2.3.4 dnsname.com # NAME:"Alternate Name" test1 test2 <br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 7 November 2016 4:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> xymon@xymon.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Xymon] Flapping Status??? Unkown IP</font>
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<div>Found my problem... was having a moment... In the Hosts.cfg file I had used Fake Names for the systems and it was trying to use DNS to resolve them...<br>
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adding testip fixed the problem....<br>
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What is the proper way of not Using the hostname? So that it shows a custom name of the webpage instead of the actual hostname?<br>
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<div>Add a testip to the line in hosts.cfg to remove DNS from the picture. If it stays green, you know where the problem is.<br>
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Why and where is it getting the 198.105.244.11 address??? I have no address on my systems. DNS has been checked.... keep getting conn not ok with this ip on several systems???<br>
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<h3>Sun Nov 6 10:13:59 2016 conn NOT ok </h3>
<div>Service conn on Network-Monitor is not OK : Host does not respond to ping<br>
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System unreachable for 5 poll periods (1047 seconds)<br>
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<img name="image.png" alt="red" width="16" height="16" border="0" src="cid:part1.09020006.05020500@gmail.com"> 198.105.244.11 is unreachable<br>
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Keep getting systems in the red... On the status page it even shows an IP address that is not used on my network???<br>
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here is a copy of the page...<br>
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The 198.105 address is not even part of my network... I use all 192.168.1.* address and that is not the address of the device being monitored either!<br>
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<h3>Sun Nov 6 16:03:11 2016 conn NOT ok </h3>
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System unreachable for 4 poll periods (905 seconds)<br>
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<img name="image.png" alt="red" width="16" height="16" border="0" src="cid:part1.09020006.05020500@gmail.com"> 198.105.244.11 is unreachable<br>
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