Hello! Chris Mellon wrote: > On 2/22/07, Fabian Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [...] >> Now I am wondering if there isn't any better method which would be more >> general. In fact, I think of something like a python version of ping >> which only tries to send ICMP packets. However, I don't know what the >> code has to look like then. Any ideas or suggestions? >> > > This is the only reliable way of telling if you can communicate with a > service on a machine. A ping will tell you if it's connected to the > network, but not if it is actually providing any services. > > If you really want a ping, the common way is to just execute the systems > ping.
Ok, obviously, my approach was already the best way to achive this aim. Thanks for you help, Fabian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
