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12 basic networking commands every Linux user should know

The most important networking command in Linux might be ping. This command lets you check if a remote machine is responding ...
Ars Technica

Can only ping server by ip address (not by hostname)..

I'm trying to figure out why I can't ping several machines by name. The nameservers in the following example, are running Windows 2008 R2. The nfs servers are running Ubuntu Karmic. NFS1 and NFS2 are ...
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Ping by MAC address

Is there anyway of pinging a computer via its network MAC address. <BR><BR>Say for instence that the network on a computer is playing up and you think it could be something to do with the TCPIP. You ...
Macworld

Find local network devices using ping

Here in the Oregon HQ for macosxhints.com, we’ve got a few devices on our local network. There are the Macs, of course, and a networked Brother laser printer, the AirPort Base Station, and our (rarely ...