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Networking Basics (continued)
Checking the Wireless Connection
by Pinging in Windows XP and 2000*
Checking the Wireless Connection
by Pinging in Windows Me and 98*
Go to Start > Run >
type cmd. A window
similar to this one
will appear. Type
ping xxx.xxx.xxx.
xxx, where xxx is
the IP Address of
the Wireless Router
or Access Point. A
good wireless
connection will show
four replies from the
Wireless Router or
Acess Point, as
shown.
Go to Start > Run
> type command.
A window similar to
this will appear.
Type ping xxx.
xxx.xxx.xxx
where xxx is the IP
Address of the
Wireless Router or
Access Point. A
good wireless
connection will
show four replies
from the wireless
router or access
point, as shown.
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*You may be pinging different IP Addresses than the ones pictured here, however the
procedure for pinging remains the same.)