[Xymon] client problems

[Malcolm Hunter]

Hi Scot,

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scot Kreienkamp
> Sent: 07/07/11 08:39 PM
> To: Malcolm Hunter, xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: RE: [Xymon] client problems

> The problem is in the reporting of the network info for BBWin on Windows
> 2008. I've attached a graph from one of my systems running 2008 to
> illustrate, but the basic problem is the ifstat section reports include
> junk with every report. Here's one from the same host as the graph:
> 
> [ifstat]
> 10.101.1.211 0 0
> 127.0.0.1 0 0
> 253.255.255.255 0 0

Yes, I can reproduce this on my Windows 7 PC as well. It appears to be a problem interpreting the output of netstat. Because Win7 and 2008 include IPv6, it's giving a different result.

Malcolm