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Re: Home Network - part2
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Tue, 20 Nov 2001 00:34:57 -0800
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On 19 Nov 2001, at 7:35, Brian L. Sanburn wrote:

> Did you ping each computer from itself (ping 127.0.0.1) to confirm
> each machine's TCP/IP settings are correct?

  Pinging itself will confirm that TCP/IP is *installed* correctly,
but sidesteps the three critical configuration items (address, subnet
mask, gateway address) -- which should be okay *if* the machine can
reach DHCP.
  (If the machine cannot ping itself as 127.0.0.1, TCP/IP is broken
and should be reinstalled, but success at this point isn't quite a
verification of the "settings".)

Dave Gillett

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