Easiest way is to try to connect to the port (usually 80 for HTTP
traffic).
See
http://www.scottklement.com/rpg/socktut/index.html
HTH,
Loyd
Loyd Goodbar
Business Systems
BorgWarner Shared Services
662-473-5713
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Subject: how to tell if website hosted on iseries is down
Our iSeries is hosting a website (apache).
I would like to know when the website is down.
What would be the best way to handle this?