I have tried to use ping -g but I'm not sure I have understood -g option. legendre# ping -g 192.168.15.19 8.8.8.8 PING dns.google (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes ^C ----dns.google PING Statistics---- 3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss Of course, 192.168.15.19 is up. JKB