TranceAddict Forums Archive > Archives > Classic old threads / Inactive Forums > Retired Forums > Frequently Asked Questions / Tutorials / How do I? how do I use ping? View this Thread in Original format metalgearsolid Every time I run 'run'and type in ping the screen comes up and then it disappears how can I leave it up there for longer so I can use it? Or do you know any interesting ways on using your computer by using ping? sw1 Maybe try it in an MS-DOS command prompt. M3T4Lhead The reason it closes really fast is because you need a command line parameter. When you don't provide the correct parameters, it just displays the proper usage and ends, which takes less than a second to do. The correct format is: ping for example, in the run box, type ping 127.0.0.1 or ping yahoo.com Timski or better yet when you open up the run box just type "cmd" Then ping away... metalgearsolid right thanks for all the help but what can i do with ping? Timski Ping or packet internet gopher (some useless info there!) is just a very basic and easy to use connectivity command... its on every OS and it just tests the connectivity of your machine or will test communication between yours and another machine on your network... or the internet. Because computers communicate with numbers (i.e. binary) or for our ease of use ip addresses (66.102.7.104). So when I type "ping www.google.com" or "ping 66.102.7.104" and i get a reply from them it means I have successfully communicated with google.com In reguards to what you can do with it for day to day purposes... if you set up a network yourself and you want to make sure all your boxes can locate one another when there being routed or put on a different subnet or what have you. So in a word its an ICMP (internet control message protocol) communication command. alefort It's actually: Packet InterNet Groper Timski And thats actually Grouper... Who cares... CLICK TO RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE

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