NodeStatusRequest request;
        NodeStatusResponse response;

        response = new NodeStatusResponse( addr );
        request = new NodeStatusRequest(
                            new Name( NbtAddress.ANY_HOSTS_NAME, 0x00, null));
        request.addr = addr.getInetAddress();

        n = RETRY_COUNT;
        while( n-- > 0 ) {
            try {
                send( request, response, RETRY_TIMEOUT );