There's no need to type in the www. part, although you'll get the same results with or without it. 'Couldn't find host' may mean a lot of different things including internet congestion. You might want to try the plain address again to see if it's consistently unable to locate it. Peace, Gman http://www.bornagainamerican.org "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Robey" <hrstreak@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 9:45 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- IP address in conflict > 1) Open command prompt by: click Start, then Run, cmd [ENTER] > 2) Type (without quotes): ping www.google.com > Did that but it said ping couldn't find host. > 3) Type (without quotes): ping 66.102.1.147 > 4) Look to see if all the packets Sent were either Received or Lost > Did that = 4 sent 0 received 4 Lost > Next step? --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------