By default Amazon EC2 instances don’t respond to ICMP requests, i.e. ping. Of course there are several reasons why one may want to ping an Amazon EC2 instance, including verifying if it is online and to test latency. As with most things there is more than one approach to this issue. First, you could enable […]
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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 […]