Re: Host is down

[robert stanley <rstan netdrct com>]

try pinging your NIC card address first. Then your next hop.
if that doesnt work check your physicals then try switching your patch cord.

At 04:16 PM 9/30/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello.
>
>When i ping to a specific machine, i get the message: "Host is Down" what
>are the possible causes?.
>I think one is, of course that the host i am "pinging" to is down, but how
>about the network card?, or maybe a router problem?... are those possible
>causes?, what other weird cause comes to mind?
>
>thanks .
>
>Fid
>
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Robert Stanley
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