NotesCONNECT (NPing) is a TCP/IP diagnostics tool designed to verify that a service on a given machine is available.
This is accomplished establishing an end-to-end TCP/IP connection with the target Host/application without using the Notes NAB or address resolution logic.
This tool requires that Notes be installed on the local machine.
This tool is ideal for determining if an TCP/IP connectivity problem is Notes related or an IP infrastructure problem.
This connection that is established is a TCP/IP connection, as opposed to ping which uses an IP connection over ICMP.
No application or service specific protocol/data is exchanged during the "ping" connection