Author: "Freeman, Michael" <mfreeman AT netcogov DOT com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:25:05 -0500
I have noticed that if a device goes down, and then comes back up before netmon “magically notices it”, if you ping the device, the object status will change in NetView. I assume this is
The answer to how netmon works is exceptionally complex, but I think the answer you are looking for is "lists of objects with similar polling characteristics gleaned from the topology database" The A
Author: "Barr, Scott" <Scott_Barr AT csgsystems DOT com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:52:04 -0500
The arp cache will only store the mac address of the local router that is forwarding packets on behalf of the IP address you are interested. The real mac address is not present in the arp table on th
Author: "Barr, Scott" <Scott_Barr AT csgsystems DOT com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:53:43 -0500
One other thing – netmon will respond/react to “unsolicited” ping responses. That means when you ping from a command line, Netmon still catches the ping responses. You just saved hi
Author: "Freeman, Michael" <mfreeman AT netcogov DOT com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:42:03 -0500
If this is the case, then how come in my simulations when I start an agent, and then netview notices its down, then I turn it back up, if I ping it right away the object in netview changes status, if
Author: "Barr, Scott" <Scott_Barr AT csgsystems DOT com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:02:31 -0500
Keep in mind, netmon has a list of things to check status on. If you only had one node discovered, and it was on a 1 second status poll (theoretical, don't really try that) it would notice much faste
Author: "Freeman, Michael" <mfreeman AT netcogov DOT com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:24:48 -0500
Thanks for all the advice, I’ll check into all this stuff. From: Barr, Scott [mailto:owner-nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com] On Behalf Of Barr, Scott Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 8:03 AM To: nv-l