[gui-talk] Pinging A Computer

[Drenth, Joe]

Hi Sherri,

In computer networking, the #1 question to answer when something is not
working is whether or not two computers (or a computer and some other
network device) can communicate through the underlying infrastructure.
This helps to determine if the problem is with something physical (like
wiring) or at the application layer, since the underlying network might
be working even though two applications cannot communicate due to
improper settings or the like.

Aside from that techno mumbo-jumbo, the short of the story is that
"ping" is a pun on performing a ping-pong test:  One computer tosses a
packet at another computer ("pings" it) and watches to see if it is
ponged back.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 6:07 PM
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What's the point?

Sherri, who doesn't get it! *smile*
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Pinging A Computer


To "ping" a computer means to run a program which sends out Internet
packets to an ip address to see whether the computer is alive. If it is,
the computer sends a return packet and the "ping" program counts up the
packets sent and the packets replied-to and computes statistics based
upon the time ttaken for these packets to travel.

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Loy
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  Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:36 AM
  Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Pinging A Computer


  Could you tell me what pinging means?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
  To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
  Cc: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:21 PM
  Subject: [gui-talk] Pinging A Computer


  Hello everyone,

      This is quite easy to do. I'll describe the procedure using
Windows XP.
  First type, "CMD" in the Windows, "Run" dialogue box. When the Command
  Prompt appears type in ping followed by the IP Address, Web site, or
  whatever else you wish to ping. That's all there is to pinging a
computer.

  Peter Donahue


   "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten"
  Joel 2-25

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