Nagios Core - Cisco CAP3609I-A-K9 Monitoring

[bmallett]

Using Nagios Core Version 4.4.3 on a fresh install of Ubuntu Core 18.

I am trying to figure out how to verify uptime/status of our Cisco AP's (CAP-3609I-A-K9) who's IP's are handled via DHCP. Since they aren't static IP's, I can't do simple ping or snmp tests.

Is there any known way to scan or verify by MAC address instead?

All the switches are static IP assignments, so I can just use the

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host_name

and run the

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check_command        check_snmp!-C public -o 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0

to establish status.

[scottwilkerson]

I would make a new command

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define command {
    command_name    check_snmp_hostname
    command_line    $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTNAME$ $ARG1$
}

Then change the command to

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check_command        check_snmp_hostname!-C public -o 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0

[bmallett]

Scott,

Thanks for the tip. I will do that for the switches. That doesn't resolve the issue with being able to check the AP's though which are dynamic IP via DHCP. Do you happen to know how I could go about that?

[scottwilkerson]

Oh, I thought the dynamic addresses were mapped in DNS.

I do not know of any mechanism in Nagios to scan macs for your intended server