What is the meaning of request time out when i try to ping other computer?
2007-03-05 23:02:46 · 5 answers · asked by jj 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
It means that the address you are pinging is not responding within the default amount of time. Ping sends an empty data packet to a specified computer which then echoes the packet back to the sender. THe error message simply states that it is not receiving a reply within a reasonable amount of time. This usually means that network communication is blocked on one side or another. This can be causes by a number of things from a faulty cable to various network and firewall configuration settings. Since the ping function can be used by outsiders to scan for computers on a lan, many firewalls block pings by default.
2007-03-06 03:10:21 · answer #1 · answered by Niklaus Pfirsig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
assume you're referring to an error message reported by your Web browser. If that's the case, it simply means that the Web browser was able to submit a request to the Web server, but didn't receive a response. This can (but shouldn't) happen if the Web server is overloaded. I say it shouldn't happen, because what should happen is the Web browser should return a 500 error indicating that it's too busy. Other possible causes of this error are communication problems (for example, dropped packets) or a Web page that performs time-consuming processing (for example, a page that performs database maintenance that takes ten minutes).
2007-03-06 07:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by chinni 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that means that the computer that you're trying to ping is unreachable.
2007-03-07 00:28:25 · answer #3 · answered by vanessa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
means the remote server is not responding and the request is being cancelled
2007-03-06 07:14:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be the computer isn't on or has a firewall up.
2007-03-06 07:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋