Hi all,
I am looking to monitor the VDSL internet lines directly from Nagios XI without involving the firewall device. Is it possible to configure Nagios XI to monitor these lines independently?
I want to receive alerts if one of them goes down for example.
Thank you!
Best regards
VDSL internet lines
Re: VDSL internet lines
Hi @fanis_imetrix,
You would need to monitor the device that your internet lines are running through at some point in your network in order for Nagios XI to be able to receive data about those connections. You don't need a firewall device to monitor this, you could monitor the switch that you are running these lines through, but as we aren't able to execute scripts directly on a cable, you would need to be able to run them on some sort of hardware they run through, if that makes sense. Effectively what you need to do here is monitor ports on a network device rather than the cabling itself. Let us know if you have any further questions about this!
You would need to monitor the device that your internet lines are running through at some point in your network in order for Nagios XI to be able to receive data about those connections. You don't need a firewall device to monitor this, you could monitor the switch that you are running these lines through, but as we aren't able to execute scripts directly on a cable, you would need to be able to run them on some sort of hardware they run through, if that makes sense. Effectively what you need to do here is monitor ports on a network device rather than the cabling itself. Let us know if you have any further questions about this!
Re: VDSL internet lines
Hey @fanis_imetrix
Nagios is fairly configurable so it should be able to do it however depending on how far you want to go it may need a lot of configuring or to make a new plugin. Our router/switch wizard can check the input and output however I think this is mainly for if certain ports exceed certain limits. To go further you can create a service in the CCM and use the check_ping command and configure it to ping to an external source. This being said it would need access to the point where your network connects to the web so if you have a firewall before that this might not work.
Nagios is fairly configurable so it should be able to do it however depending on how far you want to go it may need a lot of configuring or to make a new plugin. Our router/switch wizard can check the input and output however I think this is mainly for if certain ports exceed certain limits. To go further you can create a service in the CCM and use the check_ping command and configure it to ping to an external source. This being said it would need access to the point where your network connects to the web so if you have a firewall before that this might not work.