command prompt question

[blazi]

lately, whenever I try to "ping" a website using the DOS prompt it says I'm performing an illegal operation?!? Anyone else here ever have the same issue or know how to fix it?

thanks!

[Evil Chris]

hmmm no. How exactly are you typing it out on the command line?

[blazi]

Originally posted by Evil Chris
hmmm no. How exactly are you typing it out on the command line?

I type ping and then leave a space then www.whatever.com, tried it with and w/out the http:// but still gives me some funky error

[GoodChris]

its possible that for some reason the ping command got wiped out of your command directory. Have a look to see if it's still there and if its not you will need to restore it.

drop in to DOS and at c:\ type >> list ping.* /s and if it doesn't find it, it ain't there.

aren't you suppose to type in -t or something? what was that for again?

[GoodChris]

-t is to run the ping command continuously, without the -t it will only send 3 pings