Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/7/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Re: Testing Routes (Pinging Gateways) Message-ID: <2661@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 11:46:21 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.2661 Posted: Thu Oct 18 11:46:21 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 06:32:08 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 17 From: Ron NatalieWell, it depends... "Network Unreachable" can also mean that you have the right route and some gateway host or network interface in the route is down. "Time out" means some one in the path (either you or a gateway or the remote host) is ignorant of the routing or it is down, and the down state is not detectable. If all you want is a program to test various routes for debug purposes we have one for 4.2 BSD. Perhaps if you mentioned the hosts involved, someone may realize what your problem is. -Ron (as opposed to +Ron, I suppose).