Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 15:58:21 +0100 From: Norbert Koch <nk@LF.net> To: Andre Cameron <camcom@optonline.net> Cc: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ping Question Message-ID: <vzk7x9md82.fsf@lamia.LF.net> In-Reply-To: <007e01c163a7$6ac1ab50$0200a8c0@supportjlgjov8> (Andre Cameron's message of "Fri, 02 Nov 2001 09:05:24 -0500") References: <007e01c163a7$6ac1ab50$0200a8c0@supportjlgjov8>
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Andre Cameron <camcom@optonline.net> writes: Hi! > Can I ping a specific port? if so how? It seams that port 80 is > not excepting requests from outside my netwrok and I'm not sure if > the port is open or now, if not does anyone have any ideas how to > open it? No, you can't ping a port. This is a different type of protocol. In order to check whether a specific port is open, telnet to the host, eg % telnet host.domain.tld 80 If you get an answer, the port is open. Another alternative would be nmap which you can install from your ports collection. It tells you all open ports of the machine. norbert. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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