Re: Ping

At 15:10 06/10/00 +0200, Rygars wrote: I have tested it on my network (linux[samba installed]+win95+win98+winnt+win2k) and it works. All the OS answered correctly to the script. I am not sure if samba was the cause of linux answer but it worked alright. I will post later the entire script as I am working now on it to give it a nice face. BTW... I have run the script both from linux and win2k (not tested on winnt and win9x) and it works fine with one note... from linux the script is faster (10-20 times faster). >At 11:01 06/10/00 +0200, you wrote: >><?php >>$host="192.168.220.108"; >>$port=139; >>$s=fsockopen($host,$port); >>if(!$s){ >> echo "$host is NOT online.<BR>"; >>}else{ >> echo "$host is online.<BR>"; >>} >>@fclose($s); >>?> >> >>This should work. It works for me [Win2k, Apache 1.3.12, PHP 4.0.2-dev]. > >It'll work only for windows based target machines (or other ones who listen >on port 139 (netbios)) >It's not a real ping :( >But it should still be suitable for windows networks ... > >Cheers, >John. > > >