Follow these instructions to determine if a remote computer is reachable for a remote connection. You will need to know the remote computer name or IP address. This information was likely provided by your DSP or IT Consultant and should look like the following examples.
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These instructions are to verify if a personally used staff desktop is online. Do not use to ping remote lab or virtual desktops. |
Using a Windows Computer
- Highlight "Start" in the Windows menu bar and then type "command" into the "Type here to search" field and then double click "Command Prompt" listed under Programs.
- Type "ping [x]" (without quotation marks) into Command Prompt. Replace "[x]" with the IP address or host name of the target computer.
- Press "Enter" to ping the remote computer.
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EXAMPLE OF NEGATIVE RESPONSE (the computer is not available to respond to a remote request)
Using a OSX Computer
- Click Applications > Utilities > Terminal In the Finder type "Terminal" and then double click the Terminal app in the left column.
- Type ping -c <number of times to ping> <IP address>. The IP address is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where xxx is a number between 0 and 255. For example, to ping 192.168.1.1 five times, you would type ping -c 5 192.168.1.1.
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