To ping you first need to know the ip address of each machine. To do this go to
start -> run -> type cmd press [return]
at the command prompt, type ipconfifg [return]
this will then tell you the ip address, in your case it will probably be 192.168.1.xxx
to then ping this, type at the command prompt-
ping 192.168.1.xxx and press return. you will either see:
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
(which is good) or...
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
which is bad....
MB
oh and ps
