TCP/IP Sockets Client Connections

The following procedure describes how to test a network connection when using TCP/IP sockets as the IPC mechanism.

    To check a TCP/IP sockets connection

• At the operating-system prompt on the client workstation, type:

  ping ip_address

  where

  ip_address

  Is the TCP/IP address of the server you want to connect to.

For example, to check the connection between a TCP/IP sockets client and a server computer at the TCP/IP address 11.1.4.70, type the following on the client:

ping 11.1.4.70

If the connection is open, the output looks something like this:

[1] echo received from 11.1.4.70 with roundtrip < 50 sec