pinging a source via other than stipulated ports..

[RabeaticSquirrel]

How do you ping a server, and this is for the test of my home server via my lan, or any computer on the network via a different port, or any port for that matter?

 

[n0cmonkey]

icmp does not use ports I dont think.

EDIT: Although hping might be able to do what you are asking for. Try just telnetting to ports to see if they are listening.

 

[Nothinman]

Normal ping uses icmp wasn't doesn't have ports, just types. If you want to know what ports are listening for connections get a copy of nmap and run that on the box. Or you can do what n0c said and telnet to the port if you only want to check 1 or 2.