in reply to Net::Ping doesn't seem to work.

See Net::Ping, the mini series for lots of information on this.

In this case, I think you are using UDP pings (which lots of machines don't respond to) and the "ping" command is using ICMP pings which nearly all machines respond to.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")
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