Installing The Tcp/Ip Protocol - Linksys EtherFast BEFW11P1 User Manual

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3. At the DOS command prompt, type "ping mail" (assuming that the loca-

tion for which you're trying to find an IP address is configured as "mail").

Press Enter. Information such as the following data, taken from a ping of

Microsoft Network's e-mail server, will be displayed.

(Please note that the screen displayed below is only an example and may

appear differently on your system.)

C:\>ping mail

Pinging mail [24.53.32.4] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 24.53.32.4: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 24.53.32.4:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0%

loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum =

4. Write down the IP address returned by the ping command. (In the

example above: 24.53.32.4.) This IP address is the actual IP address of the

server "mail", or any other word or value you have pinged.

Step Two: Pinging for a Web Address

While the IP address returned above would work as your e-mail server address,

it may not be permanent. IP Addresses change all the time. Web addresses,

however, usually don't. Because of this, you're likely to have less problems by

configuring your system with web addresses rather than IP addresses. Follow

the instructions below to find the web address assigned to the IP address you

just pinged.

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1. At the DOS command prompt, type "ping -a 24.53.32.4", where

24.53.32.4 is the IP address you just pinged. Information such as the fol-

lowing data will be displayed.

(Please note that the screen displayed below is only an example and may

appear differently on your system.)

C:\>ping -a 24.53.32.4

Pinging mail.msnv3.occa.home.com [24.53.32.4] with 32

bytes of data:

Reply from 24.53.32.4: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 24.53.32.4:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0%

loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum =

2. Write down the web address returned by the ping command. (In the

example above: mail.msnv3.occa.home.com.) This web address is the web

address assigned to the IP address you just pinged. While the IP address of

"mail" could conceivably change, it is likely that this web address will not.

3. Replace your ISP's abbreviated server address with this extended web

address in the corresponding Internet application (web browser, e-mail

application, etc.).

Once you have replaced the brief server address with the true server address,

the Router should have no problem accessing the Internet through that Internet

application.