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ActiveXperts Network Monitor TFTP server monitoring

ActiveXperts Network Monitor is a software solution you need to scan your network servers, workstations and devices for failures or irregularities. With ActiveXperts Network Monitor, you can identify issues and fix unexpected problems before your others even know they've happened.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor maximizes network availability by monitoring all aspects of your servers, workstations, switches, routers, printers and any other devices. It can also detect temperature, humidity and other environmental aspects in your server rooms.

ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check the availability of a TFTP host by checking the existence of a file on the TFTP host. TFTP stands for 'Trivial File Transfer Protocol' and is a forerunner of the FTP protocol. It has less functionality than FTP: it is based on the (unreliable) UDP protocol, has no support for directory browsing and has not protected by a logon and password. With the TFTP check, you can check for a file in a directory on the TFTP host, and check for a specific pattern in the file.

An ActiveXperts Network Monitor TFTP check requires the following parameters:

  • Host - Hostname or IP address of the remote TFTP server. If the remote TFTP server is listing on a port other than 69, you can append it to the host, like this: 192.168.0.1:8069
  • File - The file you want to check;
  • Check file existence only / Check for a specific pattern in the file - You can check for file existence only, or for a specific pattern in the file;
  • Use binary file transfer - Indicates how the file should be transferred so it can be analyzed. Only possible if 'Check for a specific pattern in the file' is selected;
  • Pattern should match / Pattern should not match - If the pattern is matched, then the result of the check can be either success or error.

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