Re: xAP Ping 3 beta 4 released

["rleong1" <rleong1@xxxxxxxxx>]

did you try against a port that doesn't have a server on it?  i tried
that and it still says success.

--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, James <james@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just been trying a few variants of http checks and so far have found
> they all work.
> I have tried checking against another xAP intranet pages' http using
> name and ip eg
> http://server1:53000
> http://192.168.0.4:53000
> i tried against the web interface of Wildfire, java based xmpp
server on
> a high tcp port, and that worked. I've also tried it against iis and
> apache on port 80.
> So assuming ping3 is basically working could you try a couple of
ideas:
> try using the ip of slimserver rather than the domain name
> try with or without the trailing slash.
> When you get a fail, go back to the edit screen for the device and
down
> the bottom there is a Current status line. One of the lines next to it
> will nave a number in brackets. That number is the http result.
Success
> is 200, not found is 404 etc.  Could you let me know wheat you see?
>
> I am looking it to your request to monitor dns/ip changes, just having
> some issues in how windows keeps caching dns. Also the winhttp error,
> it's nothing to worry about and I've made a change to the build
process
> so it should re-occur with the next msi release. Thanks for letting
me know!
>
> James
>
> rleong1 wrote:
> > on the http type, is it possible to have an server address with a
port
> > number?
> >
> > for example, i have an internal server running on port 9000.  if
i put
> > http://xyz:9000 in
the "ip address/web page" field, ping doesn't seem
> > to pay attention to the port number.  does it not do this or is
my
> > syntax wrong?
> >
> > if i try tcp type and put my server ip in the ip address field
and
> > 9000 in the port field, it fails. in this case, i'm using
slimserver
> > on port 9000.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> > --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, James <james@> wrote:
> >
> >> Ping 3 lets you check remote devices. It can check by ping,
by tcp
> >> connection, by http download, by http proxy download, ODBC
databases,
> >> Windows free memory and Windows drive space. Being Intranet
enabled it
> >> is all web based and easy to configure. Also the results from
the
tests
> >> can be overlayed onto maps/siteplans/photos to give clear
> >>
> > indications of
> >
> >> problems. Alerts can be emailed via an smtp server too.
> >>
> >> This new update includes the following features:
> >>
> >> Ability to customise the status.html file created to allow
easier
use
> >> within other sites.
> >> Better handling of time-outs on http collections
> >> Ability to run a batch file whenever the status.html changes.
This
> >>
> > could
> >
> >> be used to run an external program or even ftp the
status.html to
> >> another server.
> >>
> >> Please uninstall any previous copies prior to installing this
one
and
> >> ensure no other Intranet applications are running on the host
computer
> >> during install. Hopefully this will also fix the vbcontrol
errors
that
> >> have been observed.
> >>
> >> Download from www.mi4.biz
> >>
> >> Enjoy
> >>
> >> James
> >>
> >>
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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