[Xymon] . . . network tests

[Joseph Acquisto]

>>> On 8/1/2012 at 4:26 PM, Henrik Størner<henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
> On 01-08-2012 20:01, Joseph Acquisto wrote:
>>>>> "Joseph Acquisto" <joea at j4computers.com> 08/01/12 9:33 AM >>>
>>>>>> Jeremy Laidman <jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au> 07/31/12 8:38 PM >>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Joseph Acquisto
<joea at j4computers.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Recently moved to xymon 4.3.7 from hobbit 4.2
>>>>
>>>> All seems reasonable except for two things.
>>>>
>>>> - Due to firewall issues, some net tests do not work.
>>>
>>> Which net tests work and which don't work?  Do the working tests
also come
>>>from the default IP address?
>>
>>>> The only ones that work are those which already have firewall
holes 
> established.
>>
>> I lied.  Apparently only ping and conn test are being sent with the
wrong 
> IP.
>>
>> fping path is set to /home/xymon/server/bin/xymonping
>>
>> Which works from command line with the option --source=desired_ip
> 
> I'm not sure if xymonnet actually passes the source-ip on to
xymonping 
> or fping. You could change the FPING setting in xymonserver.cfg to 
> include that --source option.
> 
> 

I was thinking that myself, but was not sure that would work, or how
to add it.   I'll tinker with it and post. 

Did notice that one uses --source-ip and the other --source.

Also, found that "ports" is apparently a client provided status.  (one
is 
embarrassed to confess).  

joe a.