On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 07:43, Greg Schaffer wrote: > I have run nmap (linux) and SuperScan (W2K) to scan a particular IP address > and port. It of course doesn't give return times like an ICMP echo nor is > there a "port traceroute" type facility to determine where a port may be > blocked in transit (would be nice, though, eh?). SuperScan only performs TCP > scans; nmap can do UDP as well, and even though it is CLI on linux, seems to > be more powerful. I suppose you could write a script to have nmap poll an IP > address/port combo, trigger some sort of flag if the response is not as > expected, and add it as a cron job to run periodically. > > >===== Original Message From "Anthony Valuikas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== > >Unless I don't understand something "ping" doesn't work at that level. > > > >You could do a netstat or even telnet to a port, maybe that will help you. > >Aso you might want to just check the web page if the service is web based. > > > >Tv > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wayne Kittle > >Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:17 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] ports > > > > > >Is there a way to ping a specific port on an IP address? > > > >Our firewall stopped allowing traffic on a specific port, this disabled > >a service we offer to our members. > >
Have you read : http://www.ipswitch.com/support/whatsup/custom%20services%20paper_05.htm It explains how to create custom service monitors for custom services. -Ben. Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
