On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:30:58 -0400, "Bill" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

How do I use the Windows 98SE DOS ping command to ping a particular port number? I need
to test to see if my ISP is blocking certain ports.

For example, if I want to ping Port 25 on SMTP.MYSITE.COM from my computer. I tried

C:\ ping smtp.mysite.com:25

and it spits an error.

Thanks to anyone that can help!!!

This is what I see in a DOS box:

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C:\WIN98SEping microsoft.com

Pinging microsoft.com [207.46.130.108] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 207.46.130.108:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\WIN98SEping microsoft.com:80
Unknown host microsoft.com:80.

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C:\WIN98SEping smtp.mysite.com:25
Unknown host smtp.mysite.com:25.

C:\WIN98SEping smtp.mysite.com

Pinging smtp.mysite.com [64.136.21.224] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.136.21.224: bytes=32 time=255ms TTL=243
Reply from 64.136.21.224: bytes=32 time=257ms TTL=243
Reply from 64.136.21.224: bytes=32 time=260ms TTL=243
Reply from 64.136.21.224: bytes=32 time=256ms TTL=243

Ping statistics for 64.136.21.224:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 255ms, Maximum = 260ms, Average = 257ms
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- Franc Zabkar
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