From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 11 23:33:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 741A216A41F for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:33:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095C843D45 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:33:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59A796173; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:33:41 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03521-09; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:33:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE3066171; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:33:38 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4324BED3.5010401@makeworld.com> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:33:39 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050910) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jules.stocks@gmail.com References: <4324B8A6.8030303@shilohyrc.com> In-Reply-To: <4324B8A6.8030303@shilohyrc.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 OpenPGP: id=C01BC363 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trying to write a simple PING X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:33:42 -0000 Jules Gilbert wrote: > I just need to get the status of a machine on my intranet. What clever > method have I not thought of? \ > > --jg Finger? -- Best regards, Chris Do whatever your enemies don't want you to do.