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  • JasperB
    Junior Member
    • May 2009
    • 11

    #1

    Wan & Proxy Check

    Can somebody please explain how the webcheck works in zabbix 1.6x?

    I'm trying to create a simple check for monitoring our Primary and Secondary Internet connection.

    What would be the best method to do this? Ping www.google.com and www.microsoft.com ? (If ok --> internet --> up?)

    How would I go about adding this as a host, so I can add this as cloud in my network map (displaying it's up or down status)?

    Last but not least, our secondary internet connection is used by checking the proxy option in internet explorer and adding proxy and port 8080.

    This connects to a Squid machine which is connected to a back-up ADSL modem.

    I guess the only option is to add a seperate machine/host and connect this machine to the adsl model and have it do a internet check in order to confirm the up/down status of the proxy connection?
  • troffasky
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2008
    • 567

    #2
    Here's an idea that's a bit of a hack: you could create a static route on your Zabbix server to a root DNS server via the secondary internet and put a ping check on it. So a ping check to one root DNS will go via the default gateway, ping check to another root DNS server will go via the secondary ADSL. Given that root DNS servers rarely go off, this should give you a good idea as to what's up and what's not.

    Code:
    route add -host i.root-servers.net  gw ip.of.backup.adsl

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