Re: {bb} test if a BB client can telnet to another box on a speci fic TCP port

[Henrik Storner <henrik-bb@hswn.dk>]

In <852E2F19B467314783DFBC41A34D9758076D23EA@bmtcexc1.esat.bt.lcl> Loris Serena <Loris.Serena@esat.com> writes:

>Not sure I explained myself properly, here...

>BB server = jupiter
>BB client = saturn
>other box = venus

>I would like jupiter to display if saturn can telnet to venus on port
>1234...

Ah - OK, I misunderstood you then.

This actually is possible, but you need to install the BB server
package on saturn (assuming you are using BB 1.9e - in previous
versions, the client- and server-parts were combined, so there
was no need to install extra stuff).

Then you configure saturn as a BBNET server. I.e. your bb-hosts
file looks like this:

   10.0.0.1 jupiter  # BBDISPLAY BBPAGER noconn
   10.0.0.2 saturn   # BBNET noconn
   10.0.0.3 venus    # myservice:1234:s

and you put "myservice" into the BBNETSVCS definition on saturn.

Now when saturn runs the BB server part, it will notice that it
should be doing some network tests, and it will pick up the 
definition for venus and do the network test on port 1234.
It sends the result of that test to jupiter, because jupiter
is defined as the BBDISPLAY host.

The reason you add "noconn" on the jupiter and saturn definitions
is to avoid getting "conn" tests from both your normal network
test system (jupiter, I presume) and from saturn.


Regards,
Henrik
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Henrik Storner
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