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Advanced use of Ping command

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

This follows from an earlier article on ping command use so please read that article first. Here we are going to look at more advanced use of the ping command.
The ping command as various options (switches) which you can […]

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Using The Ping Command

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Ping is one of the most networking utilities that is used for network troubleshooting. You use ping to test the availability of a networking device (usually a PC) on a network.
When you ping a
device you send that device a short message which it sends back (the echo). If you receive a reply the device is […]

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Finding The IP Address of Your Computer

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

There are two ways of finding the IP address of your computer.
The first uses the ipconfig command and the second requires that you looks at the TPC/IP settings.
To find the IP address on a windows computer using ipconfig, open a command line (dos prompt) and type the command ipconfig at the prompt.
The the following is […]

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How to Find the MAC Address of your Computer

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Every device attached to an Ethernet and Wireless network has a MAC (Media Access Control) addresses. The MAC (Media access control) address is also known as the physical address, and is, in effect, the address of the network adapter.
Each network adapter (wireless, Ethernet, PCI […]

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