Basic Ping help

[lani]

I need some information on pinging. "rightcoast" gave me instructions on how to ping the internet (specifically yahoo.com). So, I opened a command box and...

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typed: ping 204.71.202.160

results:

Pinging 204.71.202.160 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 204.71.202.160:
Packets: sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100%) loss),
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This machine connects to the internet just fine; I'm using it right now. When I did this test the 2nd time, I temporarily set the firewall to "Allow All". I still got the same results. I also tried www.google.com. I always get these results.

Could someone explain to me what this means, and why I can't ping Yahoo or Google, but I can connect to the internet???

Using WinXP.SP2, 56K dial up.

thank you!
lani

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