i have a gateway and a laptop and they are both on the same network. In order to send commands to the gateway, i want to use my laptop to send ip messages to the gateway. Therefore i need a software that allows me to send ip messages/telegrams. Does anyone know if i can download this software from somewhere? Or if you are willing to share any self created program, that would be great!! thank you very much

Wha do you mean by IP messages/telegrams. There are plenty of applications the will send messages of the internet, Skype, MSN, Yahho. all have applications for this. Whitchever application you use, you will also need a corresponding application on the recieving computer to recve the message. Then there is Windowes Messanger which allow message to be sent between any two computers with an IP address. But most people have this turned off as it is used by spammers to send messages to all and sundry. Stuart

To setup the gateway, i have to send IP telegrams to it. i have the API for it. All i need now is a software that can send these commands. There are certain fixed commands to setup the gateway.

I'm like StuartS - I don't know what is IP telegram, neither does the Gurus over at club cdfreaks.com. http://club.cdfreaks.com/f3/program... i_Xp/VistaUser

A "gateway" is a router. So you must mean you want to automate the configuration of the router. This will depend on the feature set of the router. Most require you to upload a config file either via a TFTP server, console connection, telnet or via a saved router backup. It does not sound like the OP understands this.

I think the OP might be refering to an IP datagram. Still not the way to configure a router. An IP datagram has to have an IP address for both source and destination. Stuart