How to Ping a Hidden Computer

A hidden computer does not display though any of the diagnostic controls on your computer.

A hidden computer on your network is a PC which is physically connected to the network, but does not display through any of the diagnostic tools within your operating system. Pinging a hidden computer sends a series of packets to the PC, testing its connectivity and providing you with a report on the machine's latency on your network system. Accomplish this by using the IP address of the computer.

Print this article

Instructions

- 1
  
  Click "Start" and type "cmd" in the "Search" box.
- 2
  
  Right click "cmd" and press "Run As Administrator".
- 3
  
  Type "ping IP", replacing "IP" with the IP address of the hidden computer.
- 4
  
  Press "Enter" to ping the system.

Computer Hope: Ping

Photo Credit Hidden look image by MoonKeeper from Fotolia.com

Comments

How to Make Your IP Hidden
Internet Protocol, or IP, is a series of numbers that can be used to identify you when you do anything online including...
How Do I Ping a Website?
The ping command, hidden deep in the recesses of Windows 7's command prompt interface, may not be the most elegant connectivity tool,...
How to Display Hidden Network Adapters
A network adapter is a hardware unit that allows a computer to connect to a network, such as local-area network (LAN), wide-area...
How to See All of the IP Addresses on a LAN Network
Wireless networks exist in many homes and are often combined with wired devices connected directly to a router. While physically locating your...
Why Does My Task Bar Keep Disappearing?
Your Windows taskbar could have disappeared due to one of several reasons. It may simply be hidden. It could have been moved...
How to Ping a LAN Network
Technically a LAN Network would not respond to traditional pings, but there are several methods, which use pings, that find all of...
How to Ping a Computer on a Network
From either a PC or Mac computer, you can use the network command known as "ping" to send small packets of data...
Why Hide a Computer From the Other Computers on the Network?
When connecting to a network, your computer often asks how to handle the connection, and whether or not to hide your computer...
How to Find IP Addresses in Emails
Every time you send an email, you send a small amount of personal information with it. The IP address, or physical address...
How to Locate Your Ping Address
Your ping address (also known as an IP or MAC address) is the network number your computer identifies itself with when connecting...

How to Ping a Hidden Computer

Other People Are Reading

Instructions

References

More Like This

Comments

You May Also Like

Related Ads

Kid-Approved iPad Apps by Mom.me

You May Like