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Re: [xymon] IP address - from where?
- To: xymon (at) xymon.com
- Subject: Re: [xymon] IP address - from where?
- From: Henrik Størner <henrik (at) hswn.dk>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:58:28 +0000 (UTC)
- Newsgroups: lists.hobbit
- Organization: Linux Users Inc.
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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:36:12 +0800, Vernon Everett wrote:
> Probably need some of the coder types to answer this one for me. For the
> different network tests, where does Xymon get the IP address from?
If the host has a "testip", Xymon uses the IP in bb-hosts.
Otherwise it tries a DNS lookup on the hostname, and uses the IP returned
from that. If the DNS lookup fails, it will fall back to the IP listed in
bb-hosts.
Henrik