Step Two: Pinging for a Web Address

that the location for which you’re trying to find an IP address is configured as corinex.com). Press Enter. Information such as the following data, taken from a ping of Microsoft Network’s e-mail server, will be displayed.

Fig. 6.1 Pinging

4.Write down the IP address returned by the ping command. (In the example above: 81.0.193.56). This IP address is the actual IP address of the server mail, or any other word or value you have pinged.

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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 fewer 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.

1.At the DOS command prompt, type ping -a 81.0.193.56, where 81.0.193.56 is the IP address you just pinged. Information such as the following data will be displayed.

Fig. 6.2 Pinging

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