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To: Andre Cameron <camcom@optonline.net>
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Subject: Re: Ping Question
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Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 15:58:21 +0100
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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.

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