Thanks Guys, I'll try that. Bob Smith shadowace wrote: > It is better in WinXP to run CMD instead of Command. Command is the 16 > bit version from Windows 9x and CMD is a 32bit command prompt. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com > [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of > Andrew Ayre > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:05 AM > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] GC.com > > > > Go to Start -> Run, type "command" in the box. Click on OK. Not DOS > but works very similar. > > > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com > [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of > Robert & Linda Smith > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:59 AM > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] GC.com > > Thanks Bill, > I don't think I have a DOS prompt with Win XP but will look around > some more. > Bob Smith > > Atherton, Bill (AZ15) wrote: > > What can be interesting is to see the route a message you send > takes. This can be done from a DOS prompt. It does not work > against all servers as some have pinging blocked. Say you want to > see how you connected to yahoo you would type "tracert > www.yahoo.com " from the DOS prompt. Do not > include the "". This will return a list of every server your > message went through on its way to yahoo. It will also tell you > how long it took to get there. I cannot test yahoo here from work > as our firewall blocks pinging. tracert stands for trace route. > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert & Linda Smith [mailto:Lrsmith@cableone.net] > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:19 AM > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] GC.com > > Brian, > > What an interesting web site. I have book marked it and will > check it from time to time. Not that I know just what all I > am looking at. > > Do you have a suggestion for a sniffer like you mentioned that > will look at the route I am taking when I hook up to someone. > Just interested, a little. And where does one look up, if > possible, the DNS tables?? > > Thank, Bob Smith, Petite Elite > > Brian - Team A.I. wrote: > > > (snip) > > > Fairbanks, AK router, check > http://www.internettrafficreport.com/namerica.htm. Basically, > the routers you see listed are the mother of all routers and > are collectively responsible for the entire N American > continent. I'm guessing the people in Alaska are pretty > pissed right about now. > > DNS: Domain Name System. Ever wonder what's behind > yahoo.com? For every single web address on the internet, > there is a numerical IP address associated with it. The > primary IP address for yahoo.com is 66.218.71.198. Would you > rather remember yahoo.com or that numerical address? :) DNS > tables do the job of matching those numbers to their > corresponding domain name (yahoo.com). If a DNS tables > becomes 'poisoned', it pretty much means that some corrupt > data was inserted into the file and completely scrambled the > data, rendering it useless. > > >