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More info?)
you prob have ping blocked in your routers software...
"Doug" <Doug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:29AAD296-C581-46A6-94F1-1988B633B971@microsoft.com...
> Yes I have a D-link broadband router with 3 computers on my
> home network. I tried to ping microsoft.com using cmd and it
> says 4 packets sent 4 packets lost. However I am on the net with this
> computer so the router shouldn't be a problem should it ?
>
> "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
>
>> Doug wrote:
>> > I have Windows XP Pro with Gigabyte MB with 1 gig of ram with
>> > dual bios. When I go to start-run-ipconfig the window opens
>> > for about 1 second and disappears. I can't ping. Any help
>> > much appreciated. By the way I heard a rumor that Longhorn
>> > is coming out in March or April. Is this true ?
>>
>>
>> Do you have any sort of network adapter installed and configured?
>> (And, just out of curiosity, what's a "dual BIOS?" I'm not familiar
>> with the term.)
>>
>> Running IPCONFIG from the Start > Run dialog box _should_ open and
>> close the CLI (Command Line Interface)in such a manner. To properly see
>> the results of IPCONFIG, it needs to be initiated from within the CLI.
>> Click Start > Run, and then type in "CMD" and press <Enter>. At the
>> command prompt of the CLI window, type "IPCONFIG /?," and press <Enter>.
>> Omit the quote marks ( " ) when typing the commands.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
>>
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