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Peter Wemm 358c5baa72 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)
1997-04-12 17:17:34 +00:00

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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.