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GI_Tech

GI_Tech

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It seems that when i'm pinging with DOS.. it doesn't matter who i'm pinging i never get any of the packets back. Would anyone know why this is?
also i have another problem. i wish to use Hamachi to create a vpn. although when i connect to a friend it doesn't create a network place. does anyone know how to use it?
thank you very much
 
[-0MEGA-];655415 said:
When typing in 127.0.0.1, it shows that your NIC is working.
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Ping 120.0.0.1 this tells you if the ip stack is functioning not your Nic

first you
Ping 120.0.0.1 this tells you if the ip stack is functioning, it does not require a Nic card to be installed.

next you
ping your computers IP to verify that the nic is functioning

next you
ping a FQDN (www.google.com) this tells you if your DNS server is functioning

next if you cant ping the FQDN (www.google.com)
you ping the ip address of a remote sight
 
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JamesBart said:
what this ping all about? :)

never heard of it before :)
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When you ping an IP address, all this is is your sending a small amount of data (a packet) and if it gets to the IP address you are pinging, then it will send you a PING back.
It is handy for testing if your connection to the internet is working

How to ping:
Step 1, open your 'Start' Menu and select 'Run'

Step 2, type into the 'Run' area 'CMD' this opens your Command Prompt or in old versions of windows it opens DOS Promt

Step 3, (using the screen shot below) you should get a window like this
CMDPrompt.gif

Type into this 'ping www.google.co.uk'
and you should get messages, if it says 'Destination Host Unreacable' then you have a problem with your internet,
If it comes up with a Packet Recieved message then your packets have gone through successfully :)

Hope this helps someone :D
 
Deepblue said:
Ping 120.0.0.1 this tells you if the ip stack is functioning not your Nic

first you
Ping 120.0.0.1 this tells you if the ip stack is functioning, it does not require a Nic card to be installed.
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You're right about the IP stack functioning, but it's not 120.0.0.1, it's 127.0.0.1.
 
[-0MEGA-];655986 said:
You're right about the IP stack functioning, but it's not 120.0.0.1, it's 127.0.0.1.
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yeap thanks for pointing that out, that was a typo :(
you can use
ping 127.0.0.1
or
ping loopback
or
ping localhost

they are all the same, and sorry again for the typo that could have really messed someone up :eek:
 
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if you dont get a reply it because the other device at the other end has a firewall turned on windows firewall blocks pings very well also web sites block packets being sent to them ie ping requests so they dont get bogged down.
 
Deepblue said:
Ping 120.0.0.1 this tells you if the ip stack is functioning not your Nic

first you
Ping 120.0.0.1 this tells you if the ip stack is functioning, it does not require a Nic card to be installed.

next you
ping your computers IP to verify that the nic is functioning

next you
ping a FQDN (www.google.com) this tells you if your DNS server is functioning

next if you cant ping the FQDN (www.google.com)
you ping the ip address of a remote sight
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pinging all of those steps, were successful.
although i lost one packet when pinging www.google.com? although this isn't a big deal.
so i think what we were proving was whether or not my computer is the problem?
could it be my friend's router?
 
GI_Tech said:
also i have another problem. i wish to use Hamachi to create a vpn. although when i connect to a friend it doesn't create a network place. does anyone know how to use it?
thank you very much
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Hamachi isnt like that, it wont create a new network places for all the people on the Hamachi server.

Yes it simulates a LAN connection, mainly for games so people dont have to go online to play with each other, you can access somebody else's files if they have allowed it by right-clicking their name in the server room's list of names and selecting Browse, that should do the trick!

You can turn this on in settings. :)

Hope this helps :D
 
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