At 08:22 AM 4/28/01 +0530, Anosh wrote the following:
>I just installed an old 10 Mbps Network card in my PC and I would like to
>test it to see if its working. However I don't have any other computers to
>connect it to!
>However I've heard that there is an IP address you can ping which will
>only return a ping response if a network card exists in the PC. Any idea
>what the IP address is?
C:\WINDOWS> ping 127.0.0.1
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
IP address 127.0.0.1 is referred to as the loopback address.
However, the loopback interface has no hardware associated with it, and it
is not physically connected to a network. The loopback interface allows you
to test IP software without worrying about broken or corrupted drivers or
hardware.
>Is there any other way of checking the card without actually putting the
>computer on a network?
Not that I know of. You can see this MS Article about troubleshooting
network problems
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/winnt/winntas/Tips/techrep/network.asp
You can also run the "winipcfg" program from Start -- Run and at least see
the Ethernet card's adapter address. Everything else should be 0 or blank.
Click on OK to quit.
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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