Priscilla, The real reason not to flame him is because he may come out of retirement and sue all of us! :)
Prof. Tom Lisa, CCAI Community College of Southern Nevada Cisco ATC/Regional Networking Academy "Cunctando restituit rem" Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: I wouldn't flame the oldest CCDP on the planet ;-), but, what do you mean you can't ping from HyperTerminal? HyperTerminal just gets you serial access to the console port. Priscilla Greg Macaulay wrote: > > Hi all -- > > I'm suffering thru a terrible newbies type problem and cannot > seem to > identify the error of my ways. I know it's something very > basic -- and it > brings back memories of high school geometry homework where I > stared at > objects for hours on end trying to understand!!! > > The thrust of my pitiful situation is: I cannot "ping" from > hyperterminal -- > altho' I can readily "ping" from a DOS prompt on the same PC. > > I have the parameters set properly 8-N-1-None -- and I have > tried with the > TFTP server setup on the same PC and on another in my home > network (I have > 10 pcs in my home network -- most old -- but they still > work!). Neither > works. > > Any suggestions. And please don't waste time flaming me -- I > know I should > be able to figure this out -- but even after researching the > archives and > CCO, I am no closer to a solution than I am to passing the LAB > on the first > try!!!!! > > So any and all helpful suggestions would be welcome. > > Thanks to all -- in advance!! > Greg Macaulay > Oldest Human Being preparing for the CCIE Lab > Lifetime AARP member > Retired Attorney/Law Professor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=56645&t=56619 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]