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From: cmf@cisunx.UUCP (Carl M. Fongheiser)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Dumb question:  ping w/o icmp support?
Message-ID: <13263@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 20 Oct 88 02:46:34 GMT
References: <337@thor.wright.EDU> <440@gonzo.UUCP> <527@mks.UUCP>
Reply-To: cmf@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Carl M. Fongheiser)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <527@mks.UUCP> egisin@watmath.waterloo.edu (Eric Gisin) writes:
>In article <440@gonzo.UUCP>, daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower) writes:
>> A number of the machines I use support only the tcp and udp protocols. 
>> I'd really like to be able to ping from them.  Is there any hope, short
>> of harrassing the vendors?
>
>Yes, port SUN RPC to your machines (see your comp.sources.unix archives).
> [more words about RPC and the portmapper]


Sure, you could do that, but I think it'd be a LOT easier to implement the
UDP echo protocol.  Likely to have a lower overhead cost, too.

				Carl Fongheiser
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