Ken:
> and see if I can get an echo response (or anything similar) from that 
machine.

I don't know how to get an echo. But here's a couple of approaches you might 
try to get *some* response:

;; See if domain is registered / IP address exists:
>> read dns://www.rebol.com
== 64.82.101.70
>> read dns://64.82.101.70
== "rebol.com"

;; See if a homepage exists (proving server is up, and is doing www work)

>> read http://64.82.101.70
== {<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">

;; Or just:
>> exists? http://64.82.101.70
== true
>> exists? http://64.82.254.254
== false

ll If there's no www server, try FTP

>> read ftp://64.82.101.70
== [%incoming/ %pub/ %test.txt]
;; Rebol's server exists and has a few public items

>> read ftp://129.42.19.99
** User Error: Failed login to 129.42.19.99 as anonymous.  Check your login
** Near: read ftp://129.42.19.99
;; either IBM.com exists but we can't get in
;; Or it's a bad IP address

;; Open a port and play around

 my-ftp-port: open ftp://64.82.101.70
 my-http-port: open http://64.82.101.70

probe my-ftp-port/state

etc

hth
Sunanda.
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