[Xymon] Can I monitor how many connections are in TIME_WAIT for a specific port

[Asif Iqbal]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Root, Paul <Paul.Root at centurylink.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>        We are monitoring a particular port that we are having issues with. 8022, it's a proxy port for HP NA.
>
>        Anyway, I have an expect script that goes in and tests the functionality of the port. But when it starts to go bad, this script get stuck in TIME_WAIT, along with the users connecting to the port.

why not use ssh:8022:s in hosts.cfg ?


>
>        So, can I look at the port data before I try connecting, and if there are a bunch of TIME_WAIT connections, just skip the test entirely?
>
>        I'm running the test from the xymon server, so I was thinking of pulling the data out of xymon directly. Would that by xymoncmd?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul.
>
> Paul Root    - Engineer III
> Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink
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