Ping the Loopback Address

Posted by on December 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Use the PING command to verify that TCP/IP is working properly. To do so, ping the loopback address (127.0.0.1) by typing the following command at a command prompt:

ping 127.0.0.1

You should receive a response similar to the following:

   Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

   Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=<10ms TTL=128
   Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=<10ms TTL=128
   Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=<10ms TTL=128
   Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=<10ms TTL=128

If you receive an error message at this point, TCP/IP is not properly installed.

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