tcping does a TCP connect to the given ip/port combination. The user can specify a timeout in seconds. This is useful in shell scripts running in firewalled environments. Often SYNs are just being dropped by firewalls, thus connection establishment will be retried several times (for minutes) until a TCP timeout is reached. With tcping it […]
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Ping Over TCP with tcping.exe in Windows
tcping.exe (tcp ping) is a small console application that operates similarly to ‘ping’, however it works over a tcp port. Works with all versions of Windows – Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2008, Windows 2003. Download tcping.exe. tcping example: C:>tcping powercram.com Probing 216.239.36.21:80/tcp – Port is open – time=26.241msProbing 216.239.36.21:80/tcp – Port is open […]