Installation guide

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Networking Basics (continued)
Checking the Wireless Connection
by Pinging in Windows XP and 2000*
Checking the Wireless Connection
by Pinging in Windows Me and 98*
Go to Start > Run >
type cmd. A window
similar to this one
will appear. Type
ping xxx.xxx.xxx.
xxx, where xxx is
the IP Address of
the Wireless Router
or Access Point. A
good wireless con-
nection will show
four replies from
the Wireless Router
or Acess Point, as
shown.
Go to Start > Run
> type command.
A window similar
to this will appear.
Type ping xxx.xxx.
xxx.xxx where xxx
is the IP Address of
the Wireless Router
or Access Point. A
good wireless
connection will show
four replies from
the wireless router
or access point, as
shown.
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*You may be pinging different IP Addresses than the ones pictured here, however the
procedure for pinging remains the same.)