BB>     No.  Ping just requests nearest server or a specific server.
  >     "PING allows a Netware user to determine if a given 'server' is 
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  >     by attempting to open a diagnostic socket on that server."
BB>     It operates at a higher level than the IP, right?
It does, yes, and the PING you describe does not appear to be the
traditional PING (written for the Internet Protocol suite).
Alan
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