<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>Ping Disallowed</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  Hi all We have a box that needs monitoring but ping has been blocked by their firewall and they do not want to allow connections to this port, what other way is there to check the host is alive if ping has been disabled. At the minute host shows down but their services show up. Thanks Martyn </BODY> </HTML>