Mark London wrote: > A user at our site has complained that he when he tries to create a > script (cgi or php) that uses PING, if the PING hits a node that doesn't > respond (i.e. the node has a firewall), the PING never times out and the > script hangs. From the command line, PING will timeout. Would anyone > have any insight into this problem, and have a solution? Thanks. - Mark
No idea why it won't timeout (use ethereal to see what happens exactly), but you could use the -w option to force a timeout. Joost --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
