3358644 - niping command with /M/ and/or /G/ prefixes does not work

When testing a route string that contains /M/ and/or /G/ prefixes with the niping command, an error like below occurs:

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• niping -c  -H /H/<SAPRouter hostname>/S/3299/M/<Message Server hostname>/S/3600

  Mon Jul 24 11:52:48 2023
  *** ERROR => NiTClientLoop: NiHandle (rc=-3) [nixxtst.cpp  3416]

  *****************************************************************************
  *
  *  ERROR       service '3299/M/<Message Server hostname>/S/36' unknown
  *
  *  TIME        Mon Jul 24 11:52:48 2023
  *  RELEASE     753
  *  COMPONENT   NI (network interface)
  *  VERSION     40
  *  RC          -3
  *  MODULE      D:/depot/bas/753_REL/src/base/ni/ninti.c
  *  LINE        939
  *  DETAIL      NiPGetServByName: '3299/M/<Message Server hostname>/S/36' not found
  *  SYSTEM CALL getaddrinfo
  *  COUNTER     1
  *
  *****************************************************************************

• niping -c  -H /H/<SAPRouter hostname>/S/3299/G/logon_group

  Mon Jul 24 11:55:34 2023
  *** ERROR => NiTClientLoop: NiHandle (rc=-3) [nixxtst.cpp  3416]

  *****************************************************************************
  *
  *  ERROR       service '3299/G/logon_group' unknown
  *
  *  TIME        Mon Jul 24 11:55:34 2023
  *  RELEASE     753
  *  COMPONENT   NI (network interface)
  *  VERSION     40
  *  RC          -3
  *  MODULE      D:/depot/bas/753_REL/src/base/ni/ninti.c
  *  LINE        939
  *  DETAIL      NiPGetServByName: '3299/G/logon_group' not found
  *  SYSTEM CALL getaddrinfo
  *  COUNTER     1
  *
  *****************************************************************************

The 3299 and 3600 port numbers are the SAPRouter and Message Server ports, respectively, and it depends on their own configuration.

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