Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:43:08 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simple Monitoring Of TCP/IP Question Message-ID: <20091218034308.GB36630@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4B295D72.2030804@pdc4u.com> References: <4B295D72.2030804@pdc4u.com>
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--NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 03:21:38PM -0700, Michael Goodell wrote: > Hello . . . >=20 > Looking for a *simple* protocol monitoring solution to test connectivity= =20 > of various facets of a system, i.e. HTTP / HTTPS / POP3 / SMTP etc. I am= =20 > not looking, and don't want to install a *heavy* application like Nagios= =20 > etc, but rather something much more simple. >=20 > I have seen checkservice (/usr/ports/sysutils/checkservice) in the past= =20 > and that looked quite simple to implement. Another question is there=20 > anything more preferred that checkservice that anyone knows about? >=20 > Thank you in advance for any direction. Does tcpdump do what you need? It's pretty slim (makes Wireshark look huge by comparison) and easily scripted (since it's a command line tool). --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksq+kwACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVb5ACgwPRfMePnS+9ruOTPJ3Qzpl0c E/4An1uLj6t8pXl5+bKB5gl3pOIs24UQ =oQPP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ--
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