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.



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