Re: Fw: [OT] How can I "Ping" a particular port

[Neil Fuller <neil.fuller@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gareth

Tried that and it doesn't work.

The application is a proprietary BMS application with it's data wrapped
in TCP, if that makes sense!?

The hardware I'm trying to connect to doesn't respond to telnet.

Cheers

Neil

Gareth Cook wrote:
>
> Depends on what it's doing - but a telnet to the ip and port can give
you
> a response.
>
> G.
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> Hi guys
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> I want to make sure some port forwarding I've set up in my router
works.
> At the moment, I can't use the specific applications to test the
access
> so I thought the easiest way would be to ping the specific ports.
>
> However, "ping <IPADDR>:<Port#> doesn't work so how
can I check that the
> routing is set up correctly?
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> Can I do this using ping or is there another shell command I need to
use
> or even an alternative bit of software?
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> Thanks
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