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Multiply windows client behinde router

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list Nicolai Hviid NiRu.dk · Tue, 4 Aug 2015 22:22:18 +0000 ·
Hi,

I want to use the bbwin client from outside my network and have multiply clients reporting data to my xymon server at 1984.
But how do I add them to the list when they are reporting from the same ip but with diffrent names ?

Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
Nicolai Hviid
list Kris Springer · Tue, 4 Aug 2015 17:49:54 -0700 ·
I have a number of clients behind firewalls like that.  Here's how I enter
them into my Xymon Server's hosts.cfg file.

​0.0.0.0​     PC-Name     # noconn dialup

I then make sure the BBwin config on the client machine is setup correctly
to send it's data to my Xymon server.  This gives me all the info I need
about the client machine.  What it doesn't do is 'ping' it.  But client
machines are always turning off and on anyway so I don't really care if I
can ping it.  Hope this helps.


*Kris Springer*
*Innovate! Inc.*
*Systems Admin & Support*
*(Google, Salesforce, SharePoint, JungleDisk, MS Office, Internal Servers,
Network, User Hardware/Software, Win/Mac)*
*=======================*


On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Nicolai Hviid NiRu.dk <user-e997e63410ac@xymon.invalid>
quoted from Nicolai Hviid NiRu.dk
wrote:
Hi,

I want to use the bbwin client from outside my network and have multiply
clients reporting data to my xymon server at 1984.
But how do I add them to the list when they are reporting from the same ip
but with diffrent names ?

Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
Nicolai Hviid

list Nicolai Hviid NiRu.dk · Wed, 5 Aug 2015 09:02:53 +0000 ·
Thanks, that worked like a charme :)
quoted from Kris Springer


Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
Nicolai Hviid

From: Kris Springer
Date: Wednesday 5 August 2015 02:49
To: Nicolai Hviid
Cc: "xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>"
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Multiply windows client behinde router

I have a number of clients behind firewalls like that.  Here's how I enter them into my Xymon Server's hosts.cfg file.

​0.0.0.0​     PC-Name     # noconn dialup

I then make sure the BBwin config on the client machine is setup correctly to send it's data to my Xymon server.  This gives me all the info I need about the client machine.  What it doesn't do is 'ping' it.  But client machines are always turning off and on anyway so I don't really care if I can ping it.  Hope this helps.


Kris Springer
Innovate! Inc.
Systems Admin & Support
(Google, Salesforce, SharePoint, JungleDisk, MS Office, Internal Servers, Network, User Hardware/Software, Win/Mac)
=======================


On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Nicolai Hviid NiRu.dk <user-e997e63410ac@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-e997e63410ac@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
Hi,

I want to use the bbwin client from outside my network and have multiply clients reporting data to my xymon server at 1984.
But how do I add them to the list when they are reporting from the same ip but with diffrent names ?

Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
Nicolai Hviid
list John Thurston · Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:36:02 -0800 ·
I've done something similar, but use 127.0.0.1 rather than 0.0.0.0 and 
include the 'testip' tag. I forget exactly why I do this, but as I 
recall I found an odd interaction between xymonnet and unresolvable 
hostnames when using 0.0.0.0.

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user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid
Enterprise Technology Services
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State of Alaska
quoted from Kris Springer

On 8/4/2015 4:49 PM, Kris Springer wrote:
I have a number of clients behind firewalls like that.  Here's how I
enter them into my Xymon Server's hosts.cfg file.

​0.0.0.0​     PC-Name     # noconn dialup

I then make sure the BBwin config on the client machine is setup
correctly to send it's data to my Xymon server.  This gives me all the
info I need about the client machine.  What it doesn't do is 'ping' it.
But client machines are always turning off and on anyway so I don't
really care if I can ping it.  Hope this helps.


*Kris Springer*
*Innovate! Inc.**
• *Systems Admin & Support*
*(Google, Salesforce, SharePoint, JungleDisk, MS Office, Internal
Servers, Network, User Hardware/Software, Win/Mac)*
/=======================/
/
/

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Nicolai Hviid NiRu.dk <user-e997e63410ac@xymon.invalid
<mailto:user-e997e63410ac@xymon.invalid>> wrote:

    Hi,

    I want to use the bbwin client from outside my network and have
    multiply clients reporting data to my xymon server at 1984.
    But how do I add them to the list when they are reporting from the
    same ip but with diffrent names ?

    Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
    Nicolai Hviid