A java applet would work nice. I don't think server side scripting would be useful. Of coarse you need something on the server side to fetch or respond. On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 12:30:12PM -0400, Duncan Shannon wrote: > hey gang- > > im looking to write a little script/tool (php perhaps?) that would test if > a certain person is behind a firewall and is blocking a specific test. > > Problem: Potential client downloads an app, tries to log in for sales > demo, gets warning about not being able to connect to port 5xxx and that > it might just be a firewall. > > Goal: Have sales person visit a webpage that would test if they can > connect (at some level) to these ports (5xxx), to avoid the > downloading/installing client and then finding out that they cant connect. > > Any ideas on how this would be done? > > thanks > duncan > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list