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Using the PING Utility in Windows 95/98/Me
In Windows, Microsoft has provided a small utility called PING that
can be used to troubleshoot your IP address and connection. The PING
utility is used mainly to test the connection between your computer and a
client computer. Using the PING utility to check a connection can be helpful
in determining where the problem is, whether it be your Broadband Router,
your DSL or Cable modem, or your ISP.
Use the following steps to use the WINIPCFG utility:
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Click on the
Start
button and click
Run
.
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Type "command" in the Open box.
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Click "OK" to get to a DOS prompt.
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Type "ping 192.168.0.1", which is the IP address of the Gateway in
this case, and hit the
Enter
key. The following screen will be
shown.
C:\>ping 192.168.0.1
Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=130ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=64
Ping statistic s for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 130ms, Average = 42ms
This screen shows a successful connection between you and your
Broadband Router. You can use these same steps to ping your DSL
or Cable modem and then your ISP provider and Internet website. If
any one of these attempts results in an unsuccessful PING, your
