[X4U] 3 network questions

[Colt Freeman]

Stroller,
Right, I'm familier with the commands and how to use Terminal, the problem
is with the way I'm using the ping command. For a host that isn't in /hosts
how do I figure out the ip for it? I can't just type 'ping host' as I can in
the command window of windows box.

I understand that ipconfig will tell me my ip address, what I want to know
is why another students computer is resolving/giving me my host name, why am
I not simply 'Ideal' which is the name for my computer...

Thanks for all the other questions answered.
-Colt

On 12/1/05 1:10 PM, "Stroller" <macmonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:

> 
> On Dec 1, 2005, at 4:55 pm, Colt Freeman wrote:
> 
>> Question 1, I have an http server at my school that windows users can
>> get to
>>  by typing, http://yourmomatlu I however had to ping it and use
>> 10.13.16.24
>> 
>>  Because his file server is in asp I can't navigate to most of it nor
>>  download anything due to the ASP code is prefexed by yourmomatlu is
>> there
>>  anyway around this?
> 
> Add "yourmomatlu 10.13.16.24" to /etc/hosts
> 
>>  Question 2, on a windows box I can ping servers called, one, two, and
>> others
>>  just by typing 'ping one' in the command window. (They are internal
>> servers)
>>  How do I do this on Mac?
> 
> Erm... have you tried Applications > Utilities > Terminal ?
> 
>>  ... when I go into sharing in system prefs click personal file
>>  sharing it tells me that I can access my computer at
>> afp://jamielaptop/
>>  ... Is there a way to easily get to my computer from windows
>>  AND mac boxes from around the campus?
> 
> `ifconfig` will show you your IP address.
> 
> Stroller.
> 
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