Pinging - IP Address?

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If you were to ping another computer, how do you know the IP address of the
other computer - ask the person with the computer?? What is the purpose of
pinging.
 
Bjorn said:
If you were to ping another computer, how do you know the IP address of the
other computer - ask the person with the computer??
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That would be one way, yes.

What is the purpose of
pinging.
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To determine whether basic communication is possible using the TCP/IP
network protocol.


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Hello, Bruce!
You wrote on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:20:25 -0700:

BC> Bjorn wrote:
??>> If you were to ping another computer, how do you know the
??>> IP address of the other computer - ask the person with the
??>> computer??

BC> That would be one way, yes.

??>> What is the purpose of
??>> pinging.

BC> To determine whether basic communication is possible using
BC> the TCP/IP network protocol.

I haven't tried pinging under Linux lately and I happen to be
looking at news groups on Windows XP machine but, if you ping an
address in a DOS window, the IP is displayed.

For a trivial example.

Ping recfoodcooking.com
Pinging recfoodcooking.com [196.41.3.188] with......

Doesn't the same thing happen in Linux?


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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Hello, You wrote to Bruce Chambers on Sun, 21 Jan 2007
15:46:20 -0500:

BC>> Bjorn wrote:
??>>> If you were to ping another computer, how do you know the
??>>> IP address of the other computer - ask the person with
??>>> the computer??

BC>> That would be one way, yes.

??>>> What is the purpose of
??>>> pinging.

BC>> To determine whether basic communication is possible
BC>> using the TCP/IP network protocol.

JS> I haven't tried pinging under Linux lately and I happen to
JS> be looking at news groups on Windows XP machine but, if you
JS> ping an address in a DOS window, the IP is displayed.

JS> For a trivial example.

JS> Ping recfoodcooking.com
JS> Pinging recfoodcooking.com [196.41.3.188] with......

JS> Doesn't the same thing happen in Linux?

Sorry, the tenor of this reply must suggest I was replying to
a Linux group. It's cold outside and snowing, I am using some
internal heating and I was thinking about c.o.linux.misc :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not
 
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