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Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 22:21:51 -0500
From: "Arnold J. Rimmer" <x5gb7uk9@wna-linknet.com>
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To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@Dataplex.Net>
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Richard Wackerbarth wrote:
> 
> At 9:24 PM -0500 5/10/98, Arnold J. Rimmer wrote:
> 
> >ping 192.168.1.255 from windoze box results:
> >timed out
> 
> No one answers pings to the broadcast address.
> 
> >
> >ping 192.168.1.1 from windoze box results:
> >pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
> >reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms ttl=128
> >
> >ping localhost results:
> >pinging missarlene.my.domain [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:
> >reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms ttl=128
> 
> But the "ping" of interest is ping 192.168.1.2
> 
> Richard Wackerbarth

ping 192.168.1.2 from windoze box results:
timed out

ping 192.168.1.1 from freebsd box results:
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56 data bytes:
ping: send to: Host is down
ping: wrote 192.168.1.1 64 chars, ret=-1


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