Traffic of interface whit DNS name ( no IP )

[zabbixx]

Hello,
i have a lot of hosts, the IP's of this hosts changes from time to time, but the DNS name of this Machine is always the same.

I need the traffic that going through this Host interface.
If you create a Host (Agent interfaces) whit DNS name (no IP).
I can’t use the item “net.if.in[{IPADDRESS},bytes]” (because no IP is given)
And if I enter a IP address it works, but the IP is not always the same (DHCP Server) . “net.if.in[{HOST.CONN}bytes]” Fails to because the host uses DNS as Interface.

Can zabbix resolve this IP trough the DNS name? makro like {HOST.DNS.IP} ??
Any suggestions how can I use this item whit DNS name ?

reg zabbix

[BDiE8VNy]

The key 'net.if.in' expects the network interface name, not IP address or domain name.

See corresponding comment for that key in documentation of agent's items

[zabbixx]

Hello BDiE8VNy,
thx for the reply!

of corse net.if.in wants as the firs parameter the name of the interface, but if ou enter a Ip of this interface it works to.

its very important if you are making a template... i have diferent hosts and they have diferent Interfaces "Name of Interfaces".

if you realy have to use the exact name of the interface ( windows clients ) you cant template this....

any suggestions ?

[zabbixx]

I added a request for this one : https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-1886

[BDiE8VNy]

Why not using Low-level discovery?