[macintosh]

i found the ping you mention in my mac network utility folder, what address are the asking to ping...my PC ISP number??. i don't know all the comp talk so if you tell me something remember i'm a dummy so you have to go step by step. thank you

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ping you ip address on the pc

on the pc, type

start > run
cmd
<enter>

type ipconfig


look for IP ADDRESS

now ping that from the mac

[gerryf]

ping you ip address on the pc

on the pc, type

start > run
cmd
<enter>

type ipconfig


look for IP ADDRESS

now ping that from the mac

[macintosh]

ok...should i set it on a unlimited number of pings or does it matter. it gives these options. also what happens after i set the ping

[gerryf]

4 is fine


it will send a piece of data to the pc, and it will either report back that it was there or not.

If the mac cannot connect to the PC, we will know the issue is connective rather software glitch

[macintosh]

this is what was diplayed after the ping of ten times I PUT THE X'S IN PLACE OF MY ISP NUMBERS.....it said.....PING 1xx.xxx.1.100 (1xx.xxx.1.100): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.096 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.116 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.091 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.093 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.089 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.088 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.095 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.091 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.089 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.xxx.1.100: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.089 ms

--- 1xx.xxx.1.100 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.088/0.094/0.116/0.008 ms

[gerryf]

don't work so hard....192.168.1.100 is an internal network ip address and reveals nothing to anybody

OK, so it can see the pc

Now I have no idea....Without a Mac there is simply no way I can debug this situation

[macintosh]

any good guesses on why the printer icon on my mac is showing the network host 192.168.1.100 is busy and that it will try again in 30 seconds. what would be giving off a busy signal from my windows pc

[gerryf]

i think it is not so much a busy signal as the Mac cannot interpret what is going on....most that it cannot print.

[macintosh]

thanks for your patients, i guess I’ll to have someone look at it, or just do what i've been doing is emailing my mac files to the windows pc and then printing. Some people made it sound so easy by just clicking a few boxes and the pc's should recognize everything else..ha ha ha