[gui-talk] pinging a computer

[slery]

Thanks, Joe.  I will try this tomorrow since I'm in the middle of something
right now and don't want to close until I'm finished in case I need to
restart.  I'm using Zone Alarm as my firewall and sometimes I have to tell
it what ip addresses to allow and I think this may be what is needed at this
time.  I'm not sure if in the restore and re-setting up of the network I
have a different ip address and ZA is denying access at some level.  I don't
really think this is the real problem though since I (the restored computer)
can access the other (same old setup no changes) computer but it doesn't
work the other way around.

Cindy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Drenth, Joe
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:08 AM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] pinging a computer
> 
> 
> Hi Cindy,
> 
> In most versions of Windows, the procedure is similar to the 
> following, which is the process for Windows XP:
> 
> 1. Open the properties window for the network device that 
> connects to the network in question.  Depending on how your 
> Start Menu is configured, you might be able to get to it in 
> different ways, but the most common is by 
> 
> a. Open the Start Menu
> 
> b. Open Settings
> 
> c. Open the Control Panel
> 
> d. Open "Network Connections"
> 
> e. Determine which device is the one you want -- For wired 
> Ethernet connections via internal or PCI-card based network 
> interfaces it is usually "Local Area Connection," or for 
> USB/removable network interfaces it could be named after the 
> model of the interface or something like "Wireless Connection 1."
> 
> f. Open the network device's configuration page by either 
> opening the device's status page and then clicking on its 
> "Properties" button, or by right-clicking the icon or list 
> item (or by using the Applications key) and choosing 
> "Properties" from the application menu, or by pressing
> ALT+ENTER on the icon/list item.
> 
> 
> 2. Once the Properties dialog is displayed, and sometimes 
> after about a second or two of Windows thinking about it, it 
> set the focus to a list box containing various entries like 
> "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and Printer Sharing." 
> 
> 3. Select the item labeled "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" which 
> is usually at the end of the list, and then tab to the button 
> labeled Properties and hit it.
> 
> 4. The "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" properties dialog will 
> appear, and the focus is usually set initially on a radio 
> button that allows you to switch between the options (a) 
> "Obtain an IP address automatically" or
> (b) "Use the following IP address."
> 
> Option (a) is referred to as DHCP and it used on most company 
> networks and to have an IP address assigned to you 
> dynamically by a router or other computer that is in charge 
> of the network.
> 
> Option (b) is called a static IP address because it is fixed 
> in virtual stone... until you change it.  This is typically 
> used to communicate with dumber devices that expect to see 
> another device at a specific IP address, like when you are 
> using your computer to initially set up a wireless router 
> after the router's factory defaults have been restored.
> 
> 5. To set up a static IP address, select option (b) of the 
> radio button and then tab to the edit fields that allow you 
> to set the four component values of the IP address.  From 
> there you can set other fields or whatever based on your needs. 
> 
> 6. Finish it off, of course, by clicking "OK" in all the 
> dialog boxes until you have everything closed back up to the 
> Control Panel or Desktop level to ensure that all your 
> settings have been applied.  You might need to restart your 
> computer, depending on the type of network interface you are 
> using, but Windows will tell you if you need to do so.
> 
> 
> This was the process for Windows XP, but previous versions of 
> Windows had similar means for setting the IP address.  If 
> anything needs to be clarified, expanded, amended, or 
> discarded, please let me know.
> 
> 
> Joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of slery
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 1:50 PM
> To: Gui; nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] pinging a computer
> 
> Can someone send me the directions for pinging my computer?  
> I have done this in the past but can't remember at this moment.
> 
> Also, can someone tell me how to set a static ip address for 
> my computer?
> 
> I have done a restore on my computer and now I need to 
> resetup things and my network is being a pain.  One computer 
> can see everything on the network but the computer that 
> wasn't restored can't see the one that was.
> 
> TIA,
> Cindy
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