Q concerning cygwin/perl/network
Gerrit P. Haase
gerrit.haase@t-online.de
Wed Jun 13 00:12:00 GMT 2001
Jonadab the Unsightly One schrieb am 2001-06-12, 20:35:
>
> > require Net::Ping;
> > $host = '127.0.0.1';
> > $p = Net::Ping->new();
> > if($p->ping($host))
> > { print "$host is alive.\n"; }
> > else { print "$host is not alive.\n"; }
> > $p->close();
>
> > should ping the localhost and is tested under Solaris. Under
> > cygwin, the ping fails. Any ideas? Comments? Shrieking epitaphs?
>
> I tried it here, and it failed. So I tried it in
> ActivePerl, and it failed there too -- despite that
> I've run numerous network scripts in ActivePerl and
> they do fine. For example, I can use Net::ftp and
> Net::UserAgent, but when I tried the above, I always
> get the "is not alive" message. The ping.exe that
> comes with windows of reports 0% packet loss.
>
> This makes me wonder if it couldn't be a
> problem with Net::Ping specifically. Have you
> tried one of the other Net:: modules under cygwin?
Well Net::Ping is working for me, so it shouldn't be
a problem with the module or cygwin.
Do you have a valid SERVICES file for windows/cygwin?
Do you run inetd?
Is the echo-port then served by it (I don't know)?
gph
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