In this project, you use ping in Windows XP/Vista/7, Server 2003/Server 2003 R2, Server...

In this project, you use ping in Windows XP/Vista/7, Server 2003/Server 2003 R2, Server 2008/Server 2008 R2, Linux, Mac OS X Leopard, and Snow Leopard. Before you start, obtain an IP address from your instructor that you can poll across a network. If you don’t have an address to ping, use the IP address of your workstation or use the loopback address 127.0.0.1, which will test that your workstation is able to handle network communications.

To use the ping utility in Mac OS X:

1. With Finder open, click the Go menu.

2. Click Utilities.

3. Double-click Network Utility.

4. Click Ping in the bar of tab options under the title bar.

5. Enter the IP address that you want to poll, such as 127.0.0.1, or for example, 17.254.3.183 (the Apple website).

6. Make sure that Send only pings is set to 4.

7. Click the Ping button. You should notice that the address you specified is returned with other information (refer to Figure 11-26). (If the ping failed, that means there is a problem with your connection to the network or that the site you pinged is down. Try a different network address to determine which is the case.) Record whether the ping succeeded.

8. Click Network Utility in the menu bar and click Quit Network Utility.

To use ping in Linux:

1. Access the command line, such as by opening a terminal window.

2. Type ping -c 4 (-c limits the number of polls to four) plus the IP address you are polling, such as ping -c 4 127.0.0.1.and press Enter (see Figure 11-27). Record whether the ping was successful (indicating the network connection is working).

3. If you opened a terminal window, close it.

To use ping in Windows XP/Vista/7, Server 2003/Server 2003 R2, or Server 2008/Server

2008 R2:

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, click or point to Accessories, and click Command Prompt.

2. Type ping plus the IP address to poll, such as ping 127.0.0.1. Record whether the ping was successful (indicating the network connection is working).

3. Close the Command Prompt window.