Mikael , Is there a reason you don't want to ping the Ethernet port of the router? I think this would be more stable then any "HOST" on the network. -Chris gibiault@li.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Mikael Abrahamsson Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 9:24 AM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: small device with IP address Does anyone know if there is a device somewhere that is small, cheap, has 1 10mbit (or 100mbit) ethernet port and a small IP stack that enable you to set ip address and default gateway on it (dhcp perhaps?). I would like to put something like this at some customers to use for pinging to see that the customer is reachable. Cost should preferrably be in the $50-$100 range. -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se