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diff --git a/doc/protocol.txt b/doc/protocol.txt
index 9dd1e4fbf..b151f88d8 100644
--- a/doc/protocol.txt
+++ b/doc/protocol.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-Minetest-c55 protocol (incomplete, early draft):
+Minetest protocol (incomplete, early draft):
 Updated 2011-06-18
 
 A custom protocol over UDP.
+Integers are big endian.
+Refer to connection.{h,cpp} for further reference.
 
 Initialization:
 - A dummy reliable packet with peer_id=PEER_ID_INEXISTENT=0 is sent to the server:
@@ -40,5 +42,67 @@ Initialization:
 		u8 channel = 0
 		# Control packet header
 		u8 type = TYPE_CONTROL = 0
-		u8 controltype = CONTROLTYPE_DISCO = 2
+		u8 controltype = CONTROLTYPE_DISCO = 3
 
+- Here's a quick untested connect-disconnect done in PHP:
+# host: ip of server (use gethostbyname(hostname) to get from a dns name)
+# port: port of server
+function check_if_minetestserver_up($host, $port)
+{
+	$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
+	$timeout = array("sec" => 1, "usec" => 0);
+	socket_set_option($socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, $timeout);
+	$buf = "\x4f\x45\x74\x03\x00\x00\x00\x03\xff\xdc\x01";
+	socket_sendto($socket, $buf, strlen($buf), 0, $host, $port);
+	$buf = socket_read($socket, 1000);
+	if($buf != "")
+	{
+		# We got a reply! read the peer id from it.
+		$peer_id = substr($buf, 9, 2);
+		
+		# Disconnect
+		$buf = "\x4f\x45\x74\x03".$peer_id."\x00\x00\x03";
+		socket_sendto($socket, $buf, strlen($buf), 0, $host, $port);
+		socket_close($socket);
+		
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+- Here's a Python script for checking if a minetest server is up, confirmed working
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys, time, socket
+address = ""
+port = 30000
+if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
+    print("Usage: %s <address>" % sys.argv[0])
+    exit()
+if ':' in sys.argv[1]:
+    address = sys.argv[1].split(':')[0]
+    try:
+        port = int(sys.argv[1].split(':')[1])
+    except ValueError:
+        print("Please specify a valid port")
+        exit()
+else:
+    address = sys.argv[1]
+
+try:
+    start = time.time()
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+    sock.settimeout(2.0)
+    buf = "\x4f\x45\x74\x03\x00\x00\x00\x01"
+    sock.sendto(buf, (address, port))
+    data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1000)
+    if data:
+        peer_id = data[12:14]
+        buf = "\x4f\x45\x74\x03" + peer_id + "\x00\x00\x03"
+        sock.sendto(buf, (address, port))
+        sock.close()
+        end = time.time()
+        print("%s is up (%0.5fms)" % (sys.argv[1],end-start))
+    else:
+        print("%s seems to be down " % sys.argv[1])
+except:
+    print("%s seems to be down " % sys.argv[1])