The default behavior of ping on Linux and other Unix-like systems is different from Windows. On Windows, the ping command ...

Administrators can use ping as a troubleshooting method to test network connectivity. Businesses sometimes use tools such as Remote Desktop to perform computer maintenance or respond to trouble ...

Most businesses connect together multiple workstations to a single network using a switch or a router with an integrated switch; the router then assigns an IP address to each connected device. The IP ...

I have about 30 computers on a mishmash network using a bunch of $50 10/100 switches connected to an $80 (woohoo!) NetGear Gigabit switch.<BR><BR>Every so often I will get communications failures ...

In previous articles we’ve built some useful servers. But this time let’s take a look at one of the most powerful network troubleshooting tools ever written: the mighty “ping” command. You may have ...