> You are right ping is the best way to know if the machine is > connected to the network. Search for ICMP on cpan
Assuming ping is not disabled on that machine and/or network and you have 100% control over if it ever is or not, sure. But pinging a machine at your home throught your isp? How will you know/control what the isp sets up for ping or anything. But if you're testing to see if the machine is live so as to say give them a link to visit your local machine's web site then why not do a http request to find out so you can tell them that you are connected so they should do an http request over to you? So for a network you control ping is good but in this case who knows. Hve Fun Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
