The ping-ping-ping coming from the Port of Tacoma will continue until Feb. 28, two weeks longer than originally planned. The port announced the extension Thursday, and also offered a bit of relief to ...

Or in other words, how do I check proper TCP/IP communication between two computers when I know which port is going to be used and when I'm not sure that it is not blocked?<BR><BR>TIA,<BR><BR>Prog.

Ping has no knowledge of ports per se. Ports, which are a layer 4 phenomenon, cannot be tested with ICMP. If you want to see if a port is active, you can telnet to the box on the given port.

A lot of environment allows users of the organization to ping a server without any credentials but in order to connect to it, they have to enter the credentials. So, if you are able to ping a remote ...