This is a Windows Server running rsyncd so 873 is open. There isn't any web server on this unit. So I can get httping but then need some RTFM or How To that shows how to replace ping in BackupPC so it will work.
John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" >>> Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <[email protected]> 3/30/2010 11:59 AM >>> On 03/30 11:37 , John BORIS wrote: > In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the > machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but > haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to let > BackupPC know he machine is alive? What ports are available? could something like httping be used as a substitute for /bin/ping? -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
