PING is the easy way. But... Ping, Tracerte and others, use ICMP messages that uses to be restricted by some admin network.
If you need to check a simple IP:port, Telnet is a good choice. Check with Netstat, SDSF, Omegamon for Networks... if your socket is ESTABLISH (host reached and connected) or SYNCSENT (no response due to firewall or routes issues). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
