The useful program ping can be used to quickly test connections on your computer network. sends a signal from your computer to a specified network address. If the computer at that address responds, ...

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 ...

Network tools are essential for solving issues with a computer network that is not performing as it should. There are quite a few things can do to aid in returning a network to its rightful state, and ...

There are days when your connection breaks, not because the internet is down, but because your computer is confused. Wrong IP, no IP, stuck on an old network, or just refusing to pick up a new one.

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 ...