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From: snorthc@NSWC-OAS.ARPA
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  No echo from the NIC
Message-ID: <8708101228.AA00780@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Mon, 10-Aug-87 08:15:16 EDT
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I have seen several replies from users saying they only ping the NIC
when they can't make a connection.  I was just looking through a
manual for TCP for PCs.  The example they give for ping is:
ping -t sri-nic.arpa where -t is an option to ping repeatedly.

Stephen Northcutt (snorthc@nswc-g.arpa)