> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Tue Nov 27 11:36:50 2001]: > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > [Please enter your report here] > > When trying to use the default example of Net::Ping, it returns > nothing : > > #!/usr/local/bin/perl > > use Net::Ping; > $host="niflheim.XXXX.com"; > $p = Net::Ping->new(); > print "$host is alive.\n" if $p->ping($host); > $p->close(); > > The machine is quite alive. > >
I was able to use the same code against several different sites and it worked fine. My guess would be that some firewall or network routing issue is preventing the packats from getting through. This, however, is not a problem caused by Perl or Net::Ping.
