For you PC troubleshooters out there:

Carry a an old DOS bootable floppy with with an old DOS version of
ping.exe on it.
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From:  owner-hp3000-l[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:  Tuesday, October 29, 1996 3:37 PM
To:  HP3000-L
Subject:  Re: Pinging a 3K

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From:   Tracy Johnson
Sent:   Tuesday, October 29, 1996 3:00 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Pinging a 3K

This suggestion may sound too simplistic, or maybe just labor intensive,
but here goes:

Remove "PING.EXE" from every person's hard drive.

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There are some of us who need to ping an HP3000,
as well as using other such tools to troubleshoot
a network....

I'd like to know which firewall is being used here.
I can ping our 3000's running 5.0 and they do not
come crashing down.

Also - for remote users, having ping.exe on the
PC is useful for remote diagnostic purposes...

Cheers,
Joe