Checking If the Computer and the Machine, or Computer and theAccess Point Can CommunicateTo check that communication is available, perform the ping test.1. Open the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.2. Start Network Utility.3. Click the Ping button.4. Make sure that Send only XX pings (XX are numbers) is selected.5. Enter the IP address of the target machine or the target access point in Enter thenetwork address to ping..6. Click Ping."XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" is the IP address of the target device.A message such as the following is displayed.64 bytes from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=3.394 ms64 bytes from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.786 ms64 bytes from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.739 ms--- XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX ping statistics ---3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet lossIf the packet loss is 100%, the communication is not available. Otherwise, the computer iscommunicating with the target device.Checking the Network Setting InformationTo check the network setting information of the machine, display the network setting information using theoperation panel of the machine or print out the network setting information of the machine.LAN settingsPrinting Out Network Setting Information697
