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CrossPoint / MAV Matrix Switchers • Ethernet Connection
Pinging to determine Extron IP address
TheMicrosoft
®
PingutilityisavailableattheCommandprompt.Pingteststhe
EthernetinterfacebetweenthecomputerandtheCrossPointorMAVswitcher.
PingcanalsobeusedtodeterminetheactualnumericIPaddressfromanaliasand
to determine the web address.
Pingtheswitcherasfollows:
1. On the Windows taskbar, click on Start > Run.
2
. At the Open prompt, type command.
3
. Click the OK button.
4
. At the Command prompt, type ping {IP address}andthenpress[Enter].The
computer returns a display similar to figure A-2.
The line Pinging ... reportstheactualnumericIPaddress,regardlessof
whetheryouenteredtheactualnumericIPaddressoranaliasname.
C:\>ping 192.168.254.254
Pinging 192.168.254.254 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.254.254: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.254.254: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.254.254: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.254.254: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.254.254:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
Figure A-2 — Ping response
Pinging to determine Web IP address
ThePingutilityhasamodier,-a, that directs the command to return the Web
addressratherthanthenumericIPaddress.
At the Command prompt, type ping -a {IP address}andthenpress[Enter].The
computer’sreturndisplayissimilartothePingresponseshowningureA-2,
except that when you specify the -a modifier, the line Pinging mail... reports the
webIPaddressratherthanthenumericIPaddress,regardlessofwhetheryou
enteredtheactualnumericIPaddressoranaliasname.
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