CentOS - Dec 2009 - Monitoring Dynamic IPs using Some network monitoring tool

Greetings,

I have one centos server for network monitoring.

there are remote devices which are connected through ADSL lines and
hence Dynamic IPs

Q1. Is there any tool which is capable of handling this type of situation?
Q2. Is there a workaround for this problem

Regards

Rajagopal

Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have one centos server for network monitoring.
> 
> there are remote devices which are connected through ADSL lines and
> hence Dynamic IPs
> 
> Q1. Is there any tool which is capable of handling this type of situation?
> Q2. Is there a workaround for this problem
> 
One approach would be to establish a VPN network to the locations using private 
static addresses with monitoring (and perhaps administration) traffic routed 
through it, but the details would depend on the hardware available.  Most snmp 
monitoring tools will be confused by frequently changing IPs anyway, though.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan <
raju.rajsand at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have one centos server for network monitoring.
>
> there are remote devices which are connected through ADSL lines and
> hence Dynamic IPs
>
> Q1. Is there any tool which is capable of handling this type of situation?
> Q2. Is there a workaround for this problem
>
>
I think it really depends on the type of monitoring you'd like to do and the
type of tool you're trying to use now. For example, we use Nagios to monitor
our systems. With Nagios, you could use passive checks. This is where the
programs that monitor your server run locally on the server and submit
results to the central monitoring server. The central Nagios server can
alert based on the results it receives or based on the fact that it hasn't
received results for a period of time.

-- 
Jake Paulus
JakePaulus at gmail.com
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Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote:
> Q1. Is there any tool which is capable of handling this type of situation?
Perhaps ntop?


nate

I personal use zabbix ... On all the servers ( Windows, Linux ) with dynamic
IP I use dyndns ... 


Gabe

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Subject: [CentOS] Monitoring Dynamic IPs using Some network monitoring tool

Greetings,

I have one centos server for network monitoring.

there are remote devices which are connected through ADSL lines and
hence Dynamic IPs

Q1. Is there any tool which is capable of handling this type of situation?
Q2. Is there a workaround for this problem

Regards

Rajagopal
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Greetings,

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Jake <jakepaulus at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I think it really depends on the type of monitoring you'd like to do
and the
> type of tool you're trying to use now. For example, we use Nagios to
monitor
> our systems. With Nagios, you could use passive checks. This is where the
> programs that monitor your server run locally on the server and submit
> results to the central monitoring server. The central Nagios server can
> alert based on the results it receives or based on the fact that it
hasn't
> received results for a period of time.
> --
Thanks, This is one path I intend to investigate further..


Regards

Rajagopal

Greetings,
>
> Perhaps ntop?
>
Gosh! answer for a person handling hundreds of servers and PB of
data!!! I am blessed indeed. :)

Yes I am right now trying to get my claws into it just few minutes
back I yum-med it in to my system. saw some graphs...

The key issue here is dynamic IP addresses

Initial requirements are just to show whether the ADSL is up and the
avereage transfer /hour /day etc. and some minor details inside.

Thanks and regards

Rajagopal

Greetings,

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Gabriel Rosca <missnebun at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I personal use zabbix ... On all the servers ( Windows, Linux ) with
dynamic
> IP I use dyndns ...
>
I just tried to configure, make install zabbix server and agent on a centos box

But I seem to miss the front end URL mentioned anywhere

There are no directory entries under /var/www/html for zabbix...

The index.php seems to by under frontend/ph in the unzipped directory...

no go yet...

any help appreciated

Regards

Rajagopal