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A black background window will open. At the cursor "C:>" type "ping ip

address". Replace ip address with the IP address that was on the local

(host) system. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU TYPE IN THE IP ADDESS

AS IT APPEARED, THIS INCLUDES THE "."

For example, on my system, I would type "ping 192.168.1.100"

II)

Press the Enter key

III)

In the black window, you will get 4 responses to this.

If the response reads: Reply from ip address, then your local (host)

system is reachable. YOU ARE GOOD TO GO.

If the response reads anything else (this is somewhat general) then

you will have a problem connecting your remote system to the local

(host) system.

IMPORTANT Additional IP Address information:

If the IP address on your computer falls into the following ranges, it means that your

computer is on a "private" network:

Class A) 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255

Class B) 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255

Class C) 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

If the IP address on your computer falls into the Auto IP range, it means that your computer

is not properly connected to any network:

Auto IP) 169.254.0.0 -169.254.255.255

If either of your computers, the local (host) system, or the remote system has an IP that is

in the Auto IP range, the remote monitoring will not work on this computer as it is currently

connected to the Internet.

If both of your systems are on the same LAN (local area network - meaning the computers

are in the same physical location; such as, the same office building or the same house)

then the local (host) system and the remote system MUST have an IP Address in the same

class and should have the a similar numbering scheme. Some examples are:

Class A network: if the local (host) system has an IP Address of 10.151.1.3, then the

remote system should have an IP Address that begins with 10.

Class B network: if the local (host) system has an IP Address of 172.16.1.3, then the

remote system should have an IP Address that begins with 172.16.

Class C network: if the local (host) system has an IP Address of 192.168.1.3, then the

remote system should have an IP Address that begins with 192.168.1.

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