On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:55:43 +0200, ja wrote:

> please i need some tools to test database server on linux on wan is
> active or not.
>
> i dont have installation on this pc and dont have odbc driver.
>
> please help how to do it.

You can use telnet to connect to the host/port that the db server listens
to.

If you get a connection then the db server is up...

Michael
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