Does NMIS use a client?

 
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Do I need to install a client component/widget on the device?

 

JR

 

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      So, summarizing:

      • if you want just to keep track of reachability and aliveness, then allowing PING will be sufficient.
      • if you'd like to collect information with SNMP, then your client system will have to run an SNMP agent (e.g. the common net-snmp daemon for UNIX-ish systems, or builtin agents on most networking or embedded hardware)
      • if you'd like to monitor services end-to-end with NMIS then I'd say it depends on the service in question. The pages on Managing Servers and Services with NMIS8 and the Service Monitoring Examples have more details.
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        NMIS makes use of 2 technologies to monitor your network devices - ping and SNMP (supporting v1, v2c, and v3). Since SNMP ships with most devices today, it is still a service which must be enabled and managed.

        Mark H

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