Even I can answer this one - use the NAME in the host.cfg entry, eg:
1.2.3.4 dnsname.com # NAME:"Alternate Name" test1 test2
From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> on behalf of Clayton Lowther <user-6913124ec1fe@xymon.invalid>
Sent: Monday, 7 November 2016 4:18 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Flapping Status??? Unkown IP
Found my problem... was having a moment... In the Hosts.cfg file I had used Fake Names for the systems and it was trying to use DNS to resolve them...
adding testip fixed the problem....
What is the proper way of not Using the hostname? So that it shows a custom name of the webpage instead of the actual hostname?
Clayton
David Boyer<mailto:user-a6c09f28d9d2@xymon.invalid>
Sunday, November 06, 2016 10:20 AM
Add a testip to the line in hosts.cfg to remove DNS from the picture. If it stays green, you know where the problem is.
Dave
Clayton Lowther<mailto:user-6913124ec1fe@xymon.invalid>
Sunday, November 06, 2016 10:16 AM
Why and where is it getting the 198.105.244.11 address??? I have no address on my systems. DNS has been checked.... keep getting conn not ok with this ip on several systems???
Clayton
Sun Nov 6 10:13:59 2016 conn NOT ok
Service conn on Network-Monitor is not OK : Host does not respond to ping
System unreachable for 5 poll periods (1047 seconds)
[red] 198.105.244.11 is unreachable
Clayton Lowther<mailto:user-6913124ec1fe@xymon.invalid>
Sunday, November 06, 2016 9:06 AM
Keep getting systems in the red... On the status page it even shows an IP address that is not used on my network???
here is a copy of the page...
any Ideas?
The 198.105 address is not even part of my network... I use all 192.168.1.* address and that is not the address of the device being monitored either!
WARNING: Flapping status
Sun Nov 6 16:03:11 2016 conn NOT ok
Service conn on Access-Point is not OK : Host does not respond to ping
System unreachable for 4 poll periods (905 seconds)
[red] 198.105.244.11 is unreachable