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Kevin_G__50752
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Dec 17, 2012

what does default http monitor actually check?

We're a little confused, any clarification would be helpful:   The default http monitor says it checks for "GET /" and there's no receive string. So it's not checking the HTTP status code (200, 4...
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El_Jefe
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Dec 18, 2012
As Steve said - it's checking any response from the server. TCP is checking the three way handshake. You can optionally add send and receive strings to a TCP.