Re: Anyone using Earthlink!

There could be other reasons for your "ping" failure. Perhaps you could tell
us exactly what you want to accomplish. Why do you care if you can ping the
machine?

-Frank

"Alec" <nospam@mydomain.com> wrote in message
news:leb5p199di5841jma16qidhdtvl1jbdst9@4ax.com...
>I will be trying to sort out a simple problem with a colleague who
> uses Earthlink.
>
> She has three time asked them for her IP address She has been given an
> address 172 xxx xxx xxx. Does not work. Pinged no response.
>
> I have asked her to check with WHAT IS MY IP, as I did for my own and
> she came up with two addresses that did not work. Beginning 66.XXX XXX
> XXX. My guess one could her machine and the other the ISP's address
> for her.
>
> I did a reverse check on the two numbers and they went back to
> Earthlink. The other went back I recal to some address in California
>
> OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
> OrgID: IANA
> Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
> City: Marina del Rey
> StateProv: CA
> PostalCode: 90292-6695
> Country: US
>
> The other two addresses went back to Earthlink.
>
> OrgName: EarthLink Network, Inc.
> OrgID: ERAD
> Address: 1375 PECHTREE ST, LEVEL A
> City: ATLANTA
> StateProv: GA
> PostalCode: 30309
> Country: US
>
> I reckon some support guy may have got it wrong with the 172 number,
> gave had information to my colleague.
>
> Anyone any kind commens that may harbour a suggestion that will be
> helpful.
>
> Alec
Received on Sun Dec 11 14:24:12 2005