TCP/IP Sockets Client Connections
The following procedure describes how to test a network connection when using TCP/IP Sockets as the IPC mechanism.
To test a TCP/IP Sockets connection
- At the operating system command prompt on the client workstation, type:
ping {ip_address | server_name}
When using ping, ip_address is the TCP/IP address of the server to which you want to connect, and server_name is the name of the server to which you want to connect.
For example, to check the connection between a TCP/IP Sockets client workstation and a server at the TCP/IP address 11.1.4.70, type the following on the client workstation:
ping 11.1.4.70
If the connection is open, the output looks something like this:
[1] echo received from 11.1.4.70 with roundtrip < 50 sec
This example checks the connection between a TCP/IP Sockets client and a server named SEATTLE1:
ping SEATTLE1
If the connection is open, the output looks something like this:
[1] echo received from SEATTLE1 with roundtrip < 50 sec