[log in to unmask] on June 02, 1999 wrote:

> Is there a way to do a standard ping from a 947 with  5.5
> At tijmes I want to know if my firewall is causing problems and cant
> find a way to ping out.  Telnet out wont help as we have that port
> blocked.  We use nsvt for inbound.

Jim,

Create a command file called "PINGNET" or whatever and put the following
lines in it:

PARM IPADDR,NUMPKTS=5,PKTSIZE=64
SETVAR IP "!IPADDR"
SETVAR NUM !NUMPKTS
SETVAR SIZE !PKTSIZE
PING.NET.SYS;INFO="!IP,!NUM,!SIZE"
ECHO

The output looks Like the following:

:PING 192.9.200.105

-------- PING/XL (ICMP Echo Requestor) : Version B0509000 --------

PARAMETERS INPUT:
----------------
Remote IP address in hex : $C009C869
Number of packets        : 5
Number of data bytes     : 64

---- PING $C009C869 : 64 byte packet(s), 5 packet(s) ----

64 byte(s) from $C009C869 : icmp_seq =     1, time =   249 ms
64 byte(s) from $C009C869 : icmp_seq =     2, time =   208 ms
64 byte(s) from $C009C869 : icmp_seq =     3, time =   281 ms
64 byte(s) from $C009C869 : icmp_seq =     4, time =   481 ms
64 byte(s) from $C009C869 : icmp_seq =     5, time =   233 ms

---- $C009C869 PING Statistics ----

5 packet(s) transmitted, 5 packet(s) received, 0 % packet loss
round trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 208 / 290 / 481

HTH,

John Hornberger
Sr. Systems Programmer
General Signal Services (A subsidiary of SPX Corp.)
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