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DVNT1 · December 17th, 2001, 11:26 PM

sure... one way to determine the IP address of your computer is:

Win9x: run WINIPCFG

NT/2K/XP: open a Command prompt, then IPCONFIG

After you have the IP addresses... at the command prompt type PING 192.168.1.1 (substitute 192.168.1.1 with the other computer/device's IP address). You should get something like Reply from... meaning it was successful or a Request timed out meaning it wasn't successful.

If you can successfully PING and get a reply (even if just one way) then the basic cabling and IP addressing is correct.

If you can only get a reply from computerA pinging computerB but not computerB pinging computerA the basics are still okay but there may be a firewall or filtering problem.

December 17th, 2001, 11:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
DVNT1 addicted Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,103	sure... one way to determine the IP address of your computer is: Win9x: run WINIPCFG NT/2K/XP: open a Command prompt, then IPCONFIG After you have the IP addresses... at the command prompt type PING 192.168.1.1 (substitute 192.168.1.1 with the other computer/device's IP address). You should get something like Reply from... meaning it was successful or a Request timed out meaning it wasn't successful. If you can successfully PING and get a reply (even if just one way) then the basic cabling and IP addressing is correct. If you can only get a reply from computerA pinging computerB but not computerB pinging computerA the basics are still okay but there may be a firewall or filtering problem.