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how to know -how many packets revieced or lost and....

by smit9192 Jan 28, 2006 11:18PM PST

the time it took to recieve the packet

-i have a 108 MBPS Netgear Router
and a toshiba L25 ----(look into my Cnet Got it List)

my cousin and i r trying to make a sci-fair project (i am just helping - its actually his idea)

we r putting water jug(full of water) steel, wood, bricks, and... arounf the laptop and see how many packets are lost or recieved. but i don't know how to know how many packets lost or recieved --and also-how much time it took!

any info about my problem or even improving the proj - will be greatly appriciated

-JAY

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How about the PING command?
by Melati Hitam Jan 28, 2006 11:47PM PST

Start, Run, type command (or cmd)

on dos windows, type:

ping (website address or IP address)

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could u tell me more about what u said -- plz?? and..
by smit9192 Jan 29, 2006 12:39AM PST

how it would tell me the number or packets recieved/lost..?

thanx

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Try NETSTAT -E
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 29, 2006 12:04AM PST

While you omitted which OS, XP (and maybe Windows NT/2000) have the NETSTAT program. The -E tells it to show the statistics.

Bob

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(NT) (NT) how to get that or get to that on my XP home laptop?
by smit9192 Jan 29, 2006 12:36AM PST
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(NT) (NT) Open a command window, type it in?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 29, 2006 12:46AM PST
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