[plug] no ping

[Mark Saxon]

Bernard Blackham wrote:

>On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 09:47:21AM +0800, Mark Saxon wrote:
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>>Their ping tool is browser based and I really don't want to be
>>going to their site every time I want to ping or test a host. What
>>Linux options do I have for testing a host in that case?
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>tcptraceroute uses purely tcp packets so can get around firewalls
>that block ICMP.
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>Bernard.
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Thanks  traceroute works fine, if a little slow.

Mark