how to ping and find ip info

[john robbinson]

does pinging tell me my current speed when i'm connected? I read something about dos prompt and ip info. what dos prompt? what ip info do I type in? a number ? where do I find this information? I use windows 98 and aol.p.s.have lucent win modem connect at 52,000 bps thanks

[Dominus]

"Ping" is a common term given to the time in milliseconds for a signal from your modem to reach another server, and be sent back. It's mainly important for gauging speed in online gaming, where milliseconds matter.

To ping something, go to "Start", "Programs" "DOS Prompt", and type: ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <enter>, where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the server that you want to gauge the time in milliseconds it takes for a signal to make a round trip.

There are other options for the ping command available, to get a list, type: ping /? at the DOS prompt.