Sorin Srbu wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Matthias Meyer [mailto:matthias.meyer AT gmx DOT li]
>>Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:35 PM
>>To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
>>Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Check-if-alive-pings alternatives
>>
>>Sorin Srbu wrote:
>>> Short of making the router visible on the network for pings, is there
>>> any other way to circumvent this problem? Maybe connecting to the
>>> ssh-port or something? Ideas and pointers are greatly appreciated!
>>
>>It isn't necessary that BackupPC use ping.
>>It is configurable via $Conf{PingCmd}.
>>My clients start a ssh-tunnel to my server and my PingCmd check the
>>established connection with netstat.
> 
> Do you use any particular switches with that then?
> 
Yes, within my "ping-command".
br
Matthias
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