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Re: Remote host back online test

by chrism01 (Friar)
on Nov 27, 2007 at 02:01 UTC ( [id://653130]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Remote host back online test

As per andyford, ping only tells you the network stack/code is up. You really need an application specific test to tell you if the app is working. eg for a DB it'd be something like 'select now()'

Cheers
Chris

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