ping !

[Darth Vodka]

how do i ping a network drive in MSDOS (or indeed VBA)

ping G:

doesn't work...i'm struggling to find the IP address of a network drive too...is it NSLOOKUP?

:icon_conf

 

[Steven]

how do i ping a network drive in MSDOS (or indeed VBA)

ping G:

doesn't work...i'm struggling to find the IP address of a network drive too...is it NSLOOKUP?

:icon_conf

That will just tell you the IP of your nameserver. :icon_conf

 

[Durham Fox]

how do i ping a network drive in MSDOS (or indeed VBA)

ping G:

doesn't work...i'm struggling to find the IP address of a network drive too...is it NSLOOKUP?

:icon_conf

Have you switched to the drive letter in dos?

 

[Durham Fox]

Ignore that

 

[Durham Fox]

Can you ping the server the drive sits on?

 

[Macky]

how do i ping a network drive in MSDOS (or indeed VBA)

ping G:

doesn't work...i'm struggling to find the IP address of a network drive too...is it NSLOOKUP?

:icon_conf

You can't ping a network drive, you can ping the machine that the drive is located on but you will need to know the IP address of that computer.

 

[Durham Fox]

You can't ping a network drive, you can ping the machine that the drive is located on but you will need to know the IP address of that computer.

Or it's name.

 

[Macky]

Or it's name.

indeed

 

[Darth Vodka]

how do i find the IP address of a server?

 

[Macky]

how do i find the IP address of a server?

Do you know the hostname of the server?

 

[Darth Vodka]

Do you know the hostname of the server?

\\dcrrsgresham001\risk$\

 

[Durham Fox]

\\dcrrsgresham001\risk$\

dcrrsgresham is the name of the server then?

is so...

ping dcrrsgresham

 

[Darth Vodka]

dcrrsgresham is the name of the server then?

is so...

ping dcrrsgresham

ah

:icon_redf

some muppet told me it had to be IP addresses

ta mucho, if i see you in Hincko over Easter, you may claim a free beer

 

[Darth Vodka]

one more thing...

how do i interpret the numbers

if i have one drive that takes less than one millsecond and one drive that takes 4 or 5...

is the slower drive a lot slower, i assume that means it's five times as slow


??

 

[Steven]

one more thing...

how do i interpret the numbers

if i have one drive that takes less than one millsecond and one drive that takes 4 or 5...

is the slower drive a lot slower, i assume that means it's five times as slow


??

Network related not drive related. :icon_wink

 

[Durham Fox]

one more thing...

how do i interpret the numbers

if i have one drive that takes less than one millsecond and one drive that takes 4 or 5...

is the slower drive a lot slower, i assume that means it's five times as slow


??

You arent pinging a drive, you are pinging a server.

 

[Darth Vodka]

You arent pinging a drive, you are pinging a server.

yeah i know, but how slow is slow? is 4ms slow?


sorry for sounding like jf

 

[Macky]

yeah i know, but how slow is slow? is 4ms slow?

No, it's four thousandths of a second.

 

[Durham Fox]

yeah i know, but how slow is slow? is 4ms slow?


sorry for sounding like jf

There could be a hundred reasons why its a bit slower than other servers, I wouldnt worry about the fact its couple milliseconds slower though.