Ping Hold Time

I can't read the results of a ping. The screen flashes oin and off before I can read it. What am I doing wrong?
I am having network trouble, the computers can go on the internet OK but cannot communicate with each other?

Dont run ping from the run line open a comamd prompt Start>run> cmd then type your ping in the command window that way it wont close when the ping completes.If your on 98 start programs MSDOS prompt

Same goes for anything else... such as the IPCONFIG command

I did run Start/run, and typed in the ping command, and ity flashes on and off right away! Using XP PRO

Type "cmd" from the Run dialog...

This should bring up a separate command prompt dialog window.

Then type "ping " plus whatever IP or whatever you want to ping. You can't type "ping" directly from the Run dialog or it will run the ping command and then automatically close the window with the ping command completes.

Your other alternative is to write a CMD file.

Put this text in a file and save it as mycommand.cmd on your desktop, then double click it:


Try that.

Thanks for all the help. I made a desktop shortcut to
C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe - and now up comes a full window black and white command prompt. (and the ping works fine)

Yeah, that'll work too.