Nathan E Norman wrote: > The Net::Ping module is part of package perl-5.005; there's an open > bug that seems to address this issue: > > http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/55/55427.html > > Note that this Net::Ping module tries to create a UDP socket by > default; this doesn't work. I don't think the TCP socket ping worked > for me either. > > The good news is that the ICMP type works fine; however it must run > under root priviledges. no problem. > HTH, you bet. thanks!