Simple check doesn't change status

[bauser]

Hi!, I´ve installed Zabbix 1.0 on a Debian 3.1
I´m a trying to monitor a Windows 2003 server that is running HTTP, FTP and SMTP. I want to do this trough simple cheks. I´ve added the host and aplied the Host.standalone template.
Once I´ve donde this, I go to the "alarms" and this is the result:

2006.May.24 13:23:53 IMAP server is down on bfws92 ON Average
2006.May.24 13:23:53 News (NNTP) server is down on bfws92 ON Average
2006.May.24 13:23:53 WEB (HTTP) server is down on bfws92 OFF Average
2006.May.24 13:23:52 Email (SMTP) server is down on bfws92 OFF Average
2006.May.24 13:23:52 FTP server is down on bfws92 ON Average
2006.May.24 13:23:52 SSH server is down on bfws92 OFF Average
2006.May.24 13:23:52 POP3 server is down on bfws92 ON Average

But no matter what changes I do to the server (turn on or off the HTTP, FTP and SMTP services, change firewall status, etc) the alarms doesn´t change.

I´ve tried Zabbix Agent for Win32 and works fine. But I want to do this with the simple check function.

I´ve also tried to add simple cheks functions manually, like icmpping without success (I´ve got the fping application installed and the user zabbix has permmison to run it). To do this I´ve added an Item "bfws92:icmpping" and then a trigger "{bfws92:icmpping.last(0)<1}" and the result in alarms is UNKNOWN.

Has anyone got any idea of what I´m doing wrong??

thanks!

[kanour]

With that simple check for icmp. Would you be able to tell me if you have have fping installed?
Can you fping IP address of the host from console?

I would say that for simple checks there can be only firewall the issue on the monitored host. I also remember that fping was not installed on my Debian.

[bauser]

I've installed fping and I can ping remote host from console.
I've also disabled the firewall in the host computer.

[kanour]

To check things out try to use teh Host.Standalone templated.
Give us more info? Is it on local net? Is there any firewall/NAT between?
Try to setup host for IP address.
What about log files on the server? Is zabbix server running?

[bauser]

this is what I did: I've got Zabbix running in a Virtual Machine (Connectrix Virtual PC) and the host I want to monitor is a Windows XP SP2 that is running an FTP server and a web server. Both are in the same subnet and there is no NAT between them and the windows firewall is disabled.
In the server side, both zabbix_trapperd and zabbix_suckerd are running.
I´ve set up the host with the Host.Standalone template.

I didn't make any changes on the linux firewall. the system is a Debian 3.1 with kernel 2.4