A couple of things:
  1. Read docs carefully.
  2. icmp MAY need suid 0 , udp and tcp don't.
  3. tcp just connects no data is transfered or echo'ed, so if you just want test if target host is alive use tcp.
  4. Your example is little vague on target address. Make sure your target is a host, not a domain. Not all domains, (ie foo.com) have corresponding hosts (ie yahoo.com DOES, kingkong.com DOES NOT).
  5. Net::Ping will accept fully qualified host nmaes and IP numbers they do not require packing
  6. Suggest using IP numbers first until you have it working. Try good old ping('127.0.0.1')

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In reply to Re: Net::Ping just don't werk by mitd
in thread Net::Ping just don't werk by JPaul

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