Ping does not Work

When I enter that address (or click on the link in your message) I get taken
to http://www.ibm.com/us/. That is the address you should be attempting to
ping.

You can confirm this by doing IPCONFIG /all to find the IP address of your
DNS server, and trying to ping that.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"TonyK" wrote in message
nk.net...
Sorry, I do not understand your question. When I enter in www.ibm.com in
the addr field of my browser it takes me to ibm.com.

But ping does not work to any site.

Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site
(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either be
used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to crash a
system.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
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"TonyK" wrote in message
nk.net...
Sorry, I do not understand your question. When I enter in www.ibm.com in
the addr field of my browser it takes me to ibm.com.

But ping does not work to any site.


"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
...
What site does it take you to?
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"TonyK" wrote in message
k.net...
Yes, that works.

Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site
(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either be
used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to crash a
system.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"TonyK" wrote in message
nk.net...
Sorry, I do not understand your question. When I enter in www.ibm.com in
the addr field of my browser it takes me to ibm.com.

But ping does not work to any site.


"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
...
What site does it take you to?
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"TonyK" wrote in message
k.net...
Yes, that works.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site
(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either be
used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to crash a
system.

Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) still responds to ping commands. I use it quite
often when checking out Internet access problems.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site
(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either be
used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to crash a
system.

Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) still responds to ping commands. I use it quite
often when checking out Internet access problems.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

So they do! Great tip to keep in mind.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Ron Martell" wrote in message
news
"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site
(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either
be
used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to crash
a
system.

Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) still responds to ping commands. I use it quite
often when checking out Internet access problems.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

So they do! Great tip to keep in mind.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Ron Martell" wrote in message
news
"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site
(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either
be
used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to crash
a
system.

Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) still responds to ping commands. I use it quite
often when checking out Internet access problems.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

I just tried PING www.yahoo.com in a DOS window and I get the same message,
Request Timed Out.

Is there something in either my networking settings or my firewall settings
that might be preventing Ping from working?


"Ron Martell" wrote in message
news
"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site
(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either
be
used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to
crash a
system.

Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) still responds to ping commands. I use it quite
often when checking out Internet access problems.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

I just tried PING www.yahoo.com in a DOS window and I get the same message,
Request Timed Out.

Is there something in either my networking settings or my firewall settings
that might be preventing Ping from working?


"Ron Martell" wrote in message
news
"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site
(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either
be
used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to
crash a
system.

Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) still responds to ping commands. I use it quite
often when checking out Internet access problems.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

"TonyK" wrote:

I just tried PING www.yahoo.com in a DOS window and I get the same message,
Request Timed Out.

Is there something in either my networking settings or my firewall settings
that might be preventing Ping from working?


Here is what I just got in response to the same command"

Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [66.94.230.46] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 66.94.230.46: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=56

Reply from 66.94.230.46: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=56

Reply from 66.94.230.46: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=56

Reply from 66.94.230.46: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=56



Ping statistics for 66.94.230.46:

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

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 52ms, Maximum = 53ms, Average = 52ms

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."