echoping is a damn useful tool for checking reachability other than

via icmp status, eg: tcp or udp.  It speaks http as well, so it can
"ping" a http server or a http proxy cache to make sure it's operating
and not wedged.  (Nearly all of our system lockups are not detected
by icmp pings)

net/echoping/Makefile

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+# New ports collection makefile for:	echoping
+# Version required:	2.1-BETA
+# Date created:		13 April 1997
+# Whom:			peter
+#
+# $Id$
+#
+
+DISTNAME=	echoping-2.1-BETA
+PKGNAME=	echoping-2.1b
+CATEGORIES=	net
+MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/Network/echoping/
+
+MAINTAINER=	peter@FreeBSD.ORG
+
+MAN1=		echoping.1
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>

net/echoping/distinfo

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+MD5 (echoping-2.1-BETA.tar.gz) = 6d0355ba05c4ba9d8f730f0fd2748a6e

net/echoping/files/patch-aa

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+--- Makefile.dist	Thu Dec 19 21:58:15 1996
++++ Makefile	Sun Apr 13 00:54:03 1997
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ # Choose your C compiler
+-CC = gcc 
++#CC = gcc 
+ #CC = cc 
+ 
+ # Possible options:
+@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
+ # TTCP : supports the T/TCP protocol (few systems support it)
+ # USE_SIGACTION: uses sigaction instead of signal. Necessary on pure BSD
+ # machines because we need to change the semantic of signals.
+-OPTIONS = -DHTTP -DUSE_SIGACTION
++OPTIONS = -DHTTP -DUSE_SIGACTION -DTTCP
+ 
+ # Flags for gcc
+-CFLAGS = -c -O3 $(OPTIONS) -Wall
++#CFLAGS = -c -O3 $(OPTIONS) -Wall
+ # Flags for cc
+-#CFLAGS = -c -O $(OPTIONS)
++CFLAGS = -c -O $(OPTIONS)
+ 
+ # Flags for the linker
+ LD = $(CC) 

net/echoping/pkg-comment

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+A ping-like program that uses tcp and/or http.

net/echoping/pkg-descr

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+"echoping" is a small program to test (approximatively) performances of a 
+remote host by sending it TCP "echo" (or other protocol) packets.
+
+- uses the protocols echo, discard, chargen or HTTP, 
+- uses UDP instead of TCP for the protocols which accept it (like echo),
+- can repeat the test and display various measures about it,
+- can use T/TCP on systems which support it.
+
+It's useful for checking that http servers are running and not wedged.
+
+The reference site for echoping is:
+
+ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/Network/echoping
+
+Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@pasteur.fr>. October 1995 for the
+first version. November 1996 for this one.

net/echoping/pkg-plist

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+bin/echoping
+man/man1/echoping.1.gz