TPing Last Updated: 01/27/2007 |
Frequently Asked Questions for TPing:
What is it?
Francois Piette francois.piette@overbyte.be 09.05.1999 |
TPing is a ICMP based low priority protocol identical to the well-knownInternet ping programs available.
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Blocking
Francois PIETTE francois.piette@overbyte.be 27/12/2001 |
> Why the form is unresponsive when ping failing
TPing component use ICMP.DLL which is blocking. Use a thread if you needyour app to be responsive while pinging. |
Compatible with NT
Francois PIETTE francois.piette@overbyte.be 27/12/2001 |
> Is TPing Compatible with NT OS
No problem with NT! |
Error list
Ian Baker ibaker@codecutters.org 21/04/2003 |
A full list of error codes is available at:
http://www.codecutters.org/resources/icmp.html
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TPing problem
Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd angus@magsys.co.uk 14/01/2006 |
The problem occurs (in our case) when we try to ping a host within a network that is completely unreachable, possibly due to the fact the peer router doesn't answer / line is down etc. For example, on a WLAN or a leased line, one router replies with 'host/network unreachable' if its peer isn't answering.
This is quite common, a router may respond to a ping if it can not reach the destination. You simply need to check the IP address in the response matches that which you pinged before confirming success. |
Trace hops
Steve Williams stevewilliams@kromestudios.com 16/12/2001 |
> How i use TPing to trace hops, i.e. i ping www.somnusoft.com,
> it goes out through my isp etc, When i try to ping it just pings > of the main address, how can i see where the ping is going You do a series of pings, incrementing the TTL (Time-To-Live) value until you reach the destination. The TTL value is decremented each router the packet goes through. When the TTL reaches zero, the packet is returned. You can find the address of the last router in the Reply structure. So if you set the TTl to one, you get the first router. A TTL of two gives you the second and so forth. |