> >Pings do not work - I cannot remember what they did exactly but
> >I got no response from anything. Traceroutes - well, I have never
> >got that to work. I thought it was a standard command but it
> >came beck with bad command or file name.
>
> Traceroute is a standard command but microsoft spelt it wrong. try tracert.
>
> You have several problems by the sound of it. First you don't make notes about
> what error messages you are getting, hence we can't help you.

I have had this problem 10+ times with the same IP addy over the last
6 months. I do not have it right now but had it last night.

> Ping and Traceroute are very similar tools, they both send a packet to the
> host of your choice, and wait for a reply. However traceroute will provide you
> with a list of (replying) hosts between you and the target, even if the target
> does not reply.
>
> If you use a hostname as a target, for example "ping www.xtra.co.nz", then you
> need to have a working nameserver. If you internet link is down for whatever
> reason and the desired name isn't cached locally, you will get some variation
> on "host not found". If you use Internet Explorer you will generally get some
> useless gumf which hides the real problem.
>
> If using hostnames does not work, then try by IP address.... www.xtra.co.nz is
> 202.27.184.102
>
> If your ISP isn't xtra then look up the address of one of your ISP's servers
> using whatever internet link you do have.
>
> If you can ping by IP address but not by name, then your nameserver
> configuration or the nameserver itself is broken. If you can't ping by IP
> address then try tracerouting by IP address and posting the results here.

The errors I got last night were the same as in the past - basically the host
cannot be found - pinging xtra.co.nz (and jetstreamgames.xtra.co.nz and lots
of others) using their IP addys did not work. Trying to view a domain using
the IP number did not work either. I did not ping anyone last night - I just
accepted that this error was the same as in the past. If it happens again
I will copy the errors from tracert and ping.

Thanks.

Chrissy.

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