http://blogs.technet.com/b/otto/archive/2007/02/21/ws-man-ping-test.aspxWS-Man (Windows Remote Management) is a new protocol and framework first delivered in Windows 2003 R2 and is more prevalent in Windows Vista and beyond. There's an easy way to test WS-Man reachability that is similar to the network ping concept byen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/otto/archive/2007/02/21/ws-man-ping-test.aspx#2612788Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:41:23 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2612788allenstew<p>good stuff. &nbsp;you should do a blog post on the wincat team blog introducing yourself</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2612788" width="1" height="1">