On Feb 22, 3:22 pm, Fabian Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now I am wondering if there isn't any better method which would be more > general. In fact, I think of something like a python version of ping > which only tries to send ICMP packets.
Server or a firewall in between most probably will filter out any ICMP packets, so you'll get no pings at all from a machine which IS on- line. The only way is try the services that you know, that should be open on that machine. Do not try too many at a time, becouse that could be interpeted as portscan and you'll get blacklisted. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
