On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Lairson, David L wrote:
> Does there exist and apps for the Newton (2.x OS) that might allow the
> Newton to be used as a network testing tool type thing? I Know, real
> descriptive... I have an Emate with a 3com network card. I can get on the
> network here at work from anywhere in the plant just by plugging into the
> nearest port. What I would like to be able to do is use it to test network
> connectivity, like showing the DHCP server stats, logon server, being able
> to ping certain servers in the plant that are important, you know generally
> useful network testing stuff.
I also wish there was such an app. I was just at COMDEX/Canada and in the
Fluke booth they were hyping their new network testing tool. It was pretty
cool. I wish my Newton could diagnose network problems but I'm not sure how
much functionality the NIE API would have in that respect (ie. messing
around with packets / Ethernet frames)
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