Determining Network Connections And Ip Addresses - Gateway WGR-250 User Manual

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting
Determining network connections and IP
addresses
You can use the ping utility to help determine whether a connection has been established
on a network or to determine a numerical IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) based on an
alphanumeric Internet or Web address such as www.gateway.com.
Also, your access point/router may have difficulty sending and receiving e-mail or
connecting to the Internet if your ISP's mail and server addresses are configured with single
words, such as mail, home, or pop3. The access point/router has no way to resolve these
abbreviated addresses to the actual IP and Web addresses required for connection. The ping
utility can help you find out the required addresses.
To use the ping utility to obtain an IP address:
1
Turn on your computer, the access point/router, and the DSL or cable modem.
2
Click , then click
Start
3
At the command prompt, type ping followed by the single word or verbal address
you want resolved (for example ping mail), then press E
86
. Type command in the Open box, then click
Run
www.gateway.com
.
OK
.
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