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Asked: 2026-05-19T21:49:14+00:00

I want to test a toy gateway I wrote. The testing will occur on

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I want to test a toy gateway I wrote. The testing will occur on Linux machines. I would like to do this in the easiest way possible, ideally writing no code and using existing utilities. This boils down to two questions:

  1. Is there an existing utility that can send packets with simple stuff in them(like a string that I supply) to a host through a user-specified gateway, without reconfiguring Linux’s network settings? If so, what syntax would I use for the utility?

  2. Is there a simple utility I can run on the receiving end to verify that the correct packet was received? If so, what syntax would I use for the utility?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I don’t know about the first, but I don’t think it’s that hard to modify your routing table:

    route add -host 1.2.3.4 gw 5.6.7.8

    (replace 1.2.3.4 by your target IP and 5.6.7.8 by the IP of your gateway).

    For 2.:
    On the target server type netcat -l 1234 and on the client then type netcat 1.2.3.4 1234. (1234 is a “random” port number)(depending on your distribution netcat might be called simple “nc”.) If a connection gets established you can just type data on the client or the server machine, press enter and see the data arriving on the other machine.

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