Posted May 10, 2007 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
