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Step Two: Pinging for a Web Address

While the IP address returned above would work as your e-mail server

address, it may not be permanent. IP addresses change all the time. Web

addresses, however, usually don't. Because of this, you're likely to have fewer

problems by configuring your system with web addresses rather than IP

addresses. Follow the instructions below to find the web address assigned to

the IP address you just pinged.

1. At the DOS command prompt, type "ping -a 24.53.32.4," where

24.53.32.4 is the IP address you just pinged. Information such as the fol-

lowing data will be displayed.

C:\>ping -a 24.53.32.4

Pinging mail.msnv3.occa.home.com [24.53.32.4] with

32 bytes of data:

Reply from 24.53.32.4: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 24.53.32.4:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0%

loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum =

2. Write down the web address returned by the ping command (In the

example above: mail.msnv3.occa.home.com.). This web address is the

web address assigned to the IP address you just pinged. While the IP

address of "mail" could conceivably change, it is likely that this web

address will not.

3. Replace your ISP's abbreviated server address with this extended web

address in the corresponding Internet application (web browser, e-mail

application, etc.).

Once you have replaced the brief server address with the true server address,

your Router should have no problem accessing the Internet through that

Internet application.

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