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PING?
Name: Pete Date: February 19, 2000 at 20:26:06 Pacific
Comment:
I want to find my friends ping number out becuase we play games online and he can't get it himself. He dosn't have a web address though. Is there anyway I can ping him?
Name: jeff Date: February 20, 2000 at 18:51:32 Pacific
Reply:
start - run
type in winipcfg
enter, tada
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Response Number 2
Name: Robert Date: February 26, 2000 at 13:06:34 Pacific
Reply:
You can have your friend go to start button and then run . And type in winipcfg and this will give me his ip #...
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Response Number 3
Name: IamGod Date: February 26, 2000 at 14:19:25 Pacific
Reply:
Ping number!!!!!!! You mean IP address. Please do not get them mixed up. Ping means to send data packets to a remote computer to determine how far (in computer terms) it is away from your computer. IP address is basically a sequence of numbers seperated by periods that is unique to your computer on a network, and allows other computers to access rescources on it. Oh this is basic computing for gawd sake....
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Response Number 4
Name: Jack Date: March 4, 2000 at 18:45:09 Pacific
Reply:
Listen to Jeff at response #1 or Robert in #2.IamGod is too much into himself. Spent 8 lines explaining "basic computing". Not everyone starts at IamGod's level. We just need the information, not the ego!...and get this: IamGod is wrong. Ping doesn't determine how far computers are from each other, it allows them to talk to each other and provides the amount of time (in milli-seconds)it takes for them to communicate. IamGod should be using a small g in God.
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