K 10 svn:author V 5 peter K 8 svn:date V 27 1997-04-12T17:17:34.000000Z K 7 svn:log V 290 echoping is a damn useful tool for checking reachability other than via icmp status, eg: tcp or udp. It speaks http as well, so it can "ping" a http server or a http proxy cache to make sure it's operating and not wedged. (Nearly all of our system lockups are not detected by icmp pings) END