I think your problem is 'getservbyname' is not returning what you think it is. This works fine for me (Win7 x64 / Strawberry 5.18.1):

VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\tmp> cat test.pl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::Ping;

my $p = Net::Ping->new("tcp", 2);

printf "GetServByName = %s\n", getservbyname("http", "tcp");

# Explicitly use the HTTP port number
$p->port_number(80);
if ($p->ping("www.google.com")) {
    print "Host is reachable\n";
} else {
    print "Host is not reachable\n";
}

VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\tmp> test.pl
GetServByName = http
Host is reachable

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In reply to Re: Issues with network connectivity and Net::Ping by VinsWorldcom
in thread Issues with network connectivity and Net::Ping by Steve_BZ

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