This is a Windows Server running rsyncd so 873 is open. There isn't any
web server on this unit. So I can get httping but then need some RTFM or
How To that shows how to replace ping in BackupPC so it will work.

John J. Boris, Sr.
JEN-A-SyS Administrator
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
"Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel
Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!"

>>> Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome AT real-time DOT com> 3/30/2010 11:59 AM
>>>
On 03/30 11:37 , John  BORIS wrote:
> In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the
> machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but
> haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to
let
> BackupPC know he machine is alive?

What ports are available? 
could something like httping be used as a substitute for /bin/ping?

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com 

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