command prompt question

blazi · 05-05-2006, 09:20 PM

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 · 05-06-2006, 12:48 AM

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

blazi · 05-07-2006, 02:49 PM

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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 · 05-08-2006, 02:30 AM

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.

05-08-2006, 03:00 AM

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

GoodChris · 05-08-2006, 01:02 PM

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