Pingable

[rckershaw]

Does it make and differance if your computer can ping or not?

[doctorgonzo]

Does it make any difference for what? Are you asking if you need the ping command to have a working IP stack? Then the answer is no. It will just make it harder to troubleshoot.

[rckershaw]

When doing a test at dsl reports it states I should become pingable.

[jayb1234]

Or if you mean. does it make a difference if your computer can be pinged, yes it does. If your IP can't ping the machine, it might drop the connection after it has been idle for a certain length of time.

[doctorgonzo]

Ah, that's different. That means allowing your computer to respond to incoming ping requests.

I don't know if there is a reason to be pingable, other than that allows other computers on the net to see that there is a computer attached to your IP address. Is that necessary? Usually not. I prefer when my computer is invisible to the rest of the world.

[rckershaw]

I have SBc DSL nd I never drop connection. I have a desktop which is wired to a Linksys router and 2 laptops that are wireless and I never lose connection on any of the 3. I just don't see why I should be pingable if I'm having no problems at all.

[doctorgonzo]

If your computer isn't "pingable", that won't affect your connections to anything. That just means that if somebody tries to ping your IP address, they won't get a reply. That's usually a good thing.

[jayb1234]

If your IP isn't dropping the connection, leave it unpingable.

[rckershaw]

That's for a the replys I'm staying unpingable.