How to check if a hub is online/offline

[balder 1]

one way to check is to try and telnet to the open port. e.g. to check if techgeeks is online do the following

start -> run

and type

cmd (enter)

then in the command promt type

telnet techgeeks.geekgalaxy.com 1411 (enter)

if it is up you will get output like the following

Trying 68.93.33.219...

Connected to techgeeks.geekgalaxy.com.

Escape character is '^]'.

$Lock EXTENDEDPROTOCOL::This_hub_was_written_by_Yoshi::CTRL[>T=?] Pk=YnHub|

if it is not online the output will look like this

Trying 68.93.33.219...

telnet: connect to address 68.93.33.219: Connection refused

telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

note: to exit from telnet press ctrl + ] then type quit and press enter