Ping IP Address of Host

 

To use the Ping command to verify the functionality of Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), follow these steps:

1.  Click Start , point to Programs , and then click MS-DOS Prompt .

2.  At the command prompt, type ping 192.168.0.1 , and then press ENTER.

3.  At the command prompt, type exit , and then press ENTER to return to Windows.

If you receive a reply, the client computer is able to communicate with the Host computer over the LAN with TCP/IP.

If you do not receive a reply, troubleshoot the issue as a general network connection problem in Windows. For information about troubleshooting network connection problems in Windows, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: www.tartoos.com

• Ping IP address on Internet
  
  To ping the IP address of a Web site on the Internet, you first need to obtain the IP address of a Web site on the Internet from the Host. To obtain the IP address for a Web site, follow these steps:

1.  On the Host computer, click Start , point to Programs , and then click MS-DOS Prompt .

2.  At the command prompt, type ping <Web site name> (where <Web site name> is the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a Web site), and then press ENTER.

NOTE : Some Web sites (such as www.microsoft.com) may not return a reply, if this occurs, try a different Web site.

3.  If the Web site returns a reply, you should receive the following message:

pinging <Web site name> [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]...

Where <Web site name> is the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the Web site and xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Web site. www.tartoos.com

4.  Write down this IP address to use later.

After you have obtained the IP address for a Internet Web site, to test the TCP/IP connection on the client, following these steps:

5.  On the client computer, click Start , point to Programs , and then click MS-DOS Prompt .

6.  At the command prompt, type ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address for the Internet Web site), and then press ENTER.

7.  At the command prompt, type exit , and then press ENTER to return to Windows.

If you receive a reply, the client computer is able to communicate with the Internet over the LAN with TCP/IP.

If you do not receive a reply, refer the the Host Configuration section mentioned previously in this article for steps to configure and troubleshoot problems with the Host computer. www.tartoos.com

• Ping Internet Name
  
  If the client can successfully ping the IP address of a website, use the Internet name to test the DNS configuration with ping. To do this, follow these steps:

1.  Click Start , point to Programs , and then click MS-DOS Prompt . www.tartoos.com

2.  At the command prompt, type ping <Web site name> (where <Web site name> is the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a Web site), and then press ENTER.

NOTE : Some Web sites (such as www.microsoft.com) may not return a reply, if this occurs, try a different Web site.

If you receive a reply, the Host and client computer are configured and working correctly. NOTE : If your browser is still unable to open a Web Site by name, check the browser's connection settings and make sure it is configured to use the LAN to connect and that no proxy servers are configured.

• Open IP Address in Browser
  
  To test the browser by attempting to open a Web site by the IP address, follow these steps:

1.  Click Start , click Run , type http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Web site), and then click OK .

If the Web site is displayed, the browser is functioning properly and there may be a problem with Domain Name Server (DNS) resolution.