On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 01:31 , Sudarshan Raghavan wrote:
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> The system ping command sends ICMP echo packets and by default Net::Ping
> sends udp packets. This will work only if the machine you are pinging
> supports udp echo requests. For compatibility with system ping command
> change
> my $pink = Net::Ping->new();
> to
> my $pink = Net::Ping->new("icmp");
>
> Note: You will need to have root permission to send icmp packets on a
> unix machine.you may want to use 'tcp' instead - which I have found works just as well, and does not require that one run it as root. ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
