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

  "balders terminal" said:

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

  "balders terminal" said:

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