How to ping computers on a network?

Question

What is the proper way to ping a computer on your network? I would like details on how to do it.

Answer 1

First you need to know the IP address of the computer you want to ping (say it is 100.100.100.1)
If you do not know the address, click on Start and select Run
Type in: cmd
A Command Propmpt Window will open
Type in: ipconfig
Will display four lines of information with the IP address on the second line.

Then from another computer you click on Start and select Run
Type in: cmd
That will open a Command Prompt window
Type in: ping 100.100.100.1
(Of course you would use the real address, not 100.100.100.1)
I will ping that computer four times and report the results of each ping.

For more options when using ping, type in: ping /?
It will list all the additional ping commands for you.

Answer 2

The ping tests a PC's capacity to successfully send a packet to another IP address and receive a response. For XP, at the command prompt, enter "ipconfig/all." If the TCP/IP confiruration is correct and an IP address is assigned, the IP address, subnet masks and default gateway apprear along with the adapter address. For dynamic IP addressing, if the PC cannot reach the DHCP server, then it assigns itself an IP address. The results of the Iconfig command shows the IP address as the IP Autoconfiguration Address. To check the address, try a loopback address test. Enter Ping 127.0.0.1 at the command prompts and if it works TCP/IP is likely to be configured correctly. If you get errors up to this point, assume that the problem is on your PC.

Answer 3

PING stands for Packet INternet Groper >The Internet Ping program works sending a small packet of information containing an ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to a specified computer, which then sends an ECHO_REPLY packet in return >U can check the reply contains Time to Live(TTLs and total time to response)

Answer 4

All those answers give you the steps to ping correctly. Windows XP won't answer a ping in the firewall is turned on though.

Answer 5

Start > Run > cmd

Then type: ping (and then the pc name/IP that your after): i.e. ping 192.168.46.10

Alternatively, theres the "nslookup" command, just type that instead of ping, but follow the same principles.

Answer 6

open your command prompt (it can be found under all programs / accessories or press the windows key and r at the same time - then type cmd)

When you have done this, in the console type 'ping *then put the other computer's on your networks ip*'

find your ip's on the other computers by typing 'ipconfig' in the cmd prompt

Answer 7

using windows, go to start --> run--(type) cmd
to open the command window
type ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where the X's is the computer's ip, who you want to ping.

Answer 8

START type in RUN type in CMD type PING 127.0.0.1

There you go and if you want to ping anyone else you type in PING www.yahoo.com and so on.

You should get 4 replys

Answer 9

Start
run
cmd
press enter
type the following in the command prompt:
ping

press enter again


example:
ping 192.168.1.12

Answer 10

press START->RUN

and type:

ping -t

where is of the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx