RE: Problem with PING method

[Gary MacDonald]

The documentation for Net::Ping doesn't suggest that an IP address string (e.g., '192.168.1.1') has to be converted to a thirty-two bit integer.  Just use the IP address string (or a scalar containing the string):   print "Host is alive" if $p->ping('192.168.1.1');   Net::Ping doesn't work with the loopback address on my machine, but it does work for a real IP address string.     Gary    -----Original Message----- From: Roboz B�la [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem with PING method Hi All,       Please help me, Why the ping method in the prg. doesn't return a true value? I don't understand it.   Thanks: Beci   #!/usr/bin/perl -w use Socket; use Net::Ping;   $iaddr=inet_aton("127.0.0.1"); # or other address   $p = Net::Ping->new(); print "Host is alive" if $p->ping($iaddr); $p->close();