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   Message 13,756 of 14,669   
   Rod Dorman to getridofthespam@yahoo.com   
   Re: check connectivity between 2 machine   
   25 May 11 18:35:12   
   
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   From: rodd@panix.com   
      
   In article <9ebbc10a-d5a6-4b2d-ac2e-e8bea6d2efe2@y27g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,   
   adirtymindisajoyforever   wrote:   
   >I want to check the connectivity between two machines, say A and B.   
   >I don't want to install scripts or whatever on A or B, but want to   
   >test   
   >thsi from a third machine C.   
   >   
   >From the documentation I thought that on C:   
   ># traceroute -g B A   
   >or   
   ># ping -g B A   
   >   
   >would do the job, but it is not.   
   >Did I understand it wrong?   
      
   You are assuming that host B is configured to allow host C to use it   
   as a gateway.   
      
   >Is there another solution for this?   
      
   Nothing that doesn't require configuring or installing something on   
   host B.   
      
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