Greetings: In the country we'll probably never have a cable modem but
my son does and that opens the query box as to how I can learn more
about them and their use..
He gave me his IPv4 address, which is, to me, odd that it's Class A,
and I used 'nslookup' and 'DiG' to get his human address..
Trying 'telnet' to the address fails as well as 'ping'... I've
studied networking and have two older books on TCP/IP - neither of
much use here - I don't believe - unless I've missed something..
I would like to become a user on his machine sending mail direct,
etc, if possible..
A former Unix programmer but running WindowsXP on his machine 24/7,
he is stumped, for the time being, too.. I believe I remember reading
that 'ping' is obsolete with the "new" lashups, but can't find much
info.. Maybe he's suffering from Microsofitis.. :^)..
Cheers and TIA for any suggestions..
Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 8.0 (2.4.13)
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