Pings are not always conclusive as routers can be configured to not respond to them. Having said that, they are useful as a general connectivity test.
I like using pathping in later versions of Windows. It's a combination of ping and tracert. Shows you all the hops between your location and the site you're trying to get to and then does a little statistical display. -- rk -----Original Message----- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 3:20 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] all of a sudden pop3 not working, client losing mind If I try to view his website from his computer, it says "cant find". I can reach it from my home computer, so it looks like his business provider is some how blocking the site. I can't ping it with the IP address either. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/DF1EEF11E586A64FB54A97F22A8BD044216ED5FC82@ACKBWDDQH1.artfact.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
