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Stephane_Bernar
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Aug 07, 2008

Monitoring and ICMP

Hi all,     hopefully a quick question with an easy answer!. I have two nodes [i.e Two windows 2003 server] which were monitored using the icmp health monitor [This is monitoring the box i...
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James_Quinby_46
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Aug 07, 2008
Stephane -

 

 

The echo service runs on TCP port 7, but there needs to be an echo server running there for the monitor to succeed. Telnet to your server on port 7 and see if you get a connection. If you do, see if input you provide is echoed back to the screen. If it is, you should be in business.