Those are site-local unicast addresses, which have been deprecated since 2004 or so...so you probably *can't* unless you're running a seriously old stack. Just to give you some background. My cellular ...

I'm having an issue pinging IP addresses from Windows when using a fully qualified 8-bit value. Namely, if I try to execute: ping 010.011.005.039 Ping request could not find host 010.011.005.039.

Over the last several years, TCP/IP has gone from being the protocol that only geeks use, to a universal protocol that everyone uses, thanks to the widespread use of the Internet. TCP/IP has been ...

The ability to ping servers is a handy diagnostic tool when you are experiencing problems with your network or accessing the Internet. By pinging different servers, you can pinpoint whether your ...

While ICMP is required for IP network traffic redirection and pinging hosts on your LAN or WAN, ICMP can also pose a security concern. David Davis tells you about the basics of ICMP and how to filter ...

You may have noticed that sometimes, you cannot ping the IP of this Hyper-V Server or the virtual machine from the host computer. This can be due to various reasons, such as the state of your VM, the ...

When we began this series, we discussed the ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol). This protocol is the basis for two widely used applications, ping and traceroute. In this lesson and the next, we ...