How to ping in Python?

[Michael Schneider]

I telnet to port 13 (returns time)

Hope this is helpful,
Mike

Nico Grubert wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I could not find any "ping" Class or Handler in python (2.3.5) to ping a 
> machine.
> I just need to "ping" a machine to see if its answering. What's the best 
> way to do it?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Nico


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