-=PCTechTalk=- Re: XP question

go to start > run > type in command or cmd in the space there and hit
enter... this will bring up a DOS window... yours may be a C prompt instead
of my D as shown below...  type in just what you see below, after the D:\>
then compare your statistics to what I got back.

D:\>ping groups.yahoo.com

Pinging groups1.vip.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.240] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 66.218.66.240: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=49
Reply from 66.218.66.240: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=49
Reply from 66.218.66.240: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=49
Reply from 66.218.66.240: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 66.218.66.240:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 60ms, Maximum =  70ms, Average =  65ms


or... lol... this is so hard to diagnose over email... it may be your own
security settings in internet options or the native firewall in xp.

~s


----- From: "Jo Ann W."

:
: How do you ping the site? I'm not familiar with that.
:
: Jo Ann


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