How to Ping Another Computer on a Wireless Hub
- 1). Open a command prompt on your computer by clicking "Start," clicking "Run," typing "cmd" and then hitting the "Enter" key.
- 2). Type "ping 123.456.789.123" or "ping computer_name" where you substitute in the IP address or computer name of the computer you want to ping for "123.456.789.123" and "computer_name," respectively.
- 3). Look at the "Reply from" line in the response from running the ping command. If you pinged an IP address, that IP address will be returned, informing you that the computer with that IP address is online. If you pinged a computer's network name, the IP address that name resolves to will be returned, telling you the IP address of that computer.
