OS2PING is very handy indeed. (There's also OS/2's NETPING, which does much the same for NetBIOS connections.) You could boot into OS/2 and run this command. OS2PING (and NETPING) are not installed automatically, but you can find them contained in the MPTSAPLT.ZIP file. This file is located somewhere within the MPTS (Multiprotocol Transport Services) feature of OS/2. Simply unzip what you need. I would imagine today's modern eComStation still has this, and conceivably you could make a bootable CD to run it.
I've found a not-quite-as-handy Linux substitute, described here: http://www.gcom.com/linux/lis/cmds.html#ldltest See the second ldltest example for the relevant syntax. Likewise, you may be able to use this from a bootable Linux CD and thus make it a near-universal troubleshooting tool from a particular workstation. I haven't found a real equivalent for Windows, but perhaps someone else has an idea. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
