Windows 95/98     Support Pages

In Telnet

• Open a telnet session and log on.
• Type in "ping <web site>"
• Hit the Enter key.
• Your response should look like this if there was a problem pinging the site.

  PING www.microsoft.com (207.46.130.150): 56 data bytes
  Request timed out
  
  If you hold down the <Ctrl> key and hit the <c> key you will receive a reponse like this:
  
  --- www.microsoft.com ping statistics --- 49 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

Using a command prompt

• Click on <Start><Run>
• In the Open field type in "ping <web address>"
• Hit the Enter key.
• If you receive the message "Request timed out" there is a problem in getting to the site.