Ralf,

Thanks for this idea. I have installed netcat on the windows box, and of course it is already on the linux box. Am struggling at the moment with how to use it, but will persvere

Steve

Am 06.09.2016 um 11:49 schrieb Hodges:

Anyway I set the firewall open to any machine on the local network when
I first hit the problem

hello Steve,

some years ago I made some tests with netcat to verify the network speed
between certain servers and the bacula host.

I'm not familiar with Bacula issues on Windows but there is a netcat
Windows version that might help:

https://joncraton.org/blog/46/netcat-for-windows/

 # netcat -h
[v1.10]
connect to somewhere:   netcat [-options] hostname port[s] [ports] ...
listen for inbound:     netcat -l -p port [-options] [hostname] [port]
options:
        -g gateway              source-routing hop point[s], up to 8
        -G num                  source-routing pointer: 4, 8, 12, ...
        -h                      this cruft
         -i secs                 delay interval for lines sent, ports scanned
        -l                      listen mode, for inbound connects
        -n                      numeric-only IP addresses, no DNS
        -o file                 hex dump of traffic
        -p port                 local port number
        -r                      randomize local and remote ports
        -s addr                 local source address
        -t                      answer TELNET negotiation
        -u                      UDP mode
        -v                      verbose [use twice to be more verbose]
        -w secs                 timeout for connects and final net reads
        -z                      zero-I/O mode [used for scanning]
port numbers can be individual or ranges: lo-hi [inclusive]

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