Re: IP address

[Dan Robinson / Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

A word of warning on using ping to verify an address. Ping will not
tell you if the address is static (stays the same every time you
connect to the network) or dynamic (can change every time you connect
to the network). For the purposes of the request, I'm assuming that
the service needs a static address. And may need the whole address.

This can only be found by going into the information contained in
various places in the computer itself. On the MAC,  check MACTCP, in
Win95, use properties in network neighborhood to check the TCPIP
information. Win3.1 has the same information scattered in various
*.ini or *.cfg files depending on the network software that you use.

This is not to say that Ping isn't neat. It can also be used to
verify whether a machine is live or not when you get those annoying
'no DNS' messages while browsing.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com


On 11 Mar 98 at 7:36, Angus Saunders wrote:

> it's easy using ping.  make your internet connection, then get to a c:>
>
> type the command: ping servername.  mine would look like this
>
> c:>ping northnet.org
>
> the server will reply with its ip address.  and now you can amaze your
> friends!
>
> typically all you need is the first 6 digits.
>
> Angus G. Saunders, Jr.                               saunders@northnet.org
> Jefferson Lewis BOCES SLS Director;      BOCES, Rt. 12, Glenfield NY 13343
> 315 376 6501                                              fax 315 376 3376
>

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