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Re: Need a method to prove incoming connection.

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On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:27:11 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:

> I am trying to get ekiga to register with ekiga.net and with
> diamondcard.us for VoIP
> 
> Fault isolation is ineffective because I can not prove each player in
> this who done it.
> 
> Isolation points are:
> ekiga 4.0.0 Mageia Linux release 3 pc firewall, shorewall ActionTech
> router firewall.
> port forwarding rules Verizon FiOS stun ports udp 3478-3479 sip ports 
> udp 5000-5100 H.323 port tcp 1720 dns resolver, named ekiga stun server
> ekiga register server diamondcard register server
> 
> Currently I have a network_ck script, which pings each failure point in
> the network ending at a ping of yahoo.com.
> When any point fails, it prints out what failed and what to verify and
> who is responsible for fixing it.
> 
> I want to do the same thing in a voip_ck script.
> 
> I hoping there is something that I can launch on the pc to listen on a
> port number for a udp or tcp packet and get a response.
> Script would look something like
> 
> _wan_ip=$(get_wan_ip.pl)
> 
>    #** start listener
> some_cmd tcp 1720 > listen.txt
> 
>    #*** send a packet
> some_other_cmd tcp #_wan_ip 1720 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
>   echo some_other_cmd tcp 1720 failed
> fi
> 
> _count=$(grep -c "some string" listen.txt)
> if [ $_count -eq 0 ] ; then
>   echo some_cmd tcp 1720 failed to receive packet.
> fi
> 
> I am hoping for some handy commands rather than writing a program in C
> or maybe perl if there are modules for port/socket access.
> 
> Any and all suggestions welcome.

Perhaps "nc" aka "netcat" is what you want.

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Need a method to prove incoming connection. Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2013-01-17 04:27 +0000
  Re: Need a method to prove incoming connection. Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2013-01-17 14:15 +0000
    Re: Need a method to prove incoming connection. Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2013-01-17 16:26 +0000
      Re: Need a method to prove incoming connection. Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2013-01-17 16:46 +0000

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