up check failure with firewall

[jriker1]

if my windows box has a firewall and the UP check is failing, short of killing the firewall what are my options?

thanks

[Box293]

You can allow ICMP packets (with the Window built in firewall that's the File/Printer sharing rule).
If you have NSClient++ installed then you would have ports 5666 or 12489 open. You can use the client version check as an UP/Down check instead of a ping check:

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check_nt -H win2008r2-01 -p 12489 -v CLIENTVERSION

NSClient++ 0.5.0.17 2015-11-29

or

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check_nrpe -H win2008r2-01

I (0.5.0.17 2015-11-29) seem to be doing fine...

[jriker1]

Thanks for the info. I went with just opening up the ability to ping the box from the firewall. Internal machine so no biggy.

Thanks.

JR

[rkennedy]

Sounds good. Am I good to mark this thread as solved, and close it out?

[jriker1]

Close away.