Ping an IP by specific port

[mati]

What command to use to ping any ip through specific port? i'm trying to ping computer through a port. I also tried to perform a Telnet to a specific port but I can´t make a connection. Please help me out !!!!

[Fleming]

I don't think so you can use ping to test any port, it just tests that if the actual nod is live or not. But yeah you can use the telnet for this type of test. You can use the telnet to verify of the port is open or not. For example telnet 192.168.1.1 25 would telnet to the SMTP port.

[Navman]

Yes fleming is right, you can't ping but can telnet to a port. Like if you need to make sure HTTP is listening, you should telnet to port 80 , like telnet google.com 80 , this will give you a blank screen, if you type get and hit enter it will send you the raw html over the connection. If the port is not open, it will give you a connection refused message instead of a blank screen .

[Big Fish]

Not, you can't simply ping to any of the port. But if you have need of I a true ping reply, you will need to ping the true ping tcp port. A ping is a type of network message that needs a service to respond to the ping inquiry.

[angeldeepa]

You perform the ping test here normally.
You can try this.