Originally Posted by
bonzaman
Bladewashout I need help to ping the IP address. How do I find it for each of the computers and what is the ping process?
I'm not Bladewashout, but...
To find the IP address of a machine,
- Click Start - Run and type CMD in the box, press enter.
- In the black box that appears, type IPCONFIG /ALL and press enter.
A load of data will appear, including "IP Address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
The number is likely to be something like 192.168.0.3
Do that for each of the computers. Note those numbers.
Into the same black box where you typed IPCONFIG /ALL, type instead
PING xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where the xxx bits are the IP address of another computer as obtained by those means.
You'll see something like this:
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>ping 192.168.8.11
Pinging 192.168.8.11 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.8.11: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.8.11: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.8.11: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.8.11: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.8.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 1ms
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That means it worked, and the machine that pinged can reach the other one.
If it says "Request timed out", then that link isn't working.
If you post the IP addresses you get, they may reveal something.