Network question/problem

[Brian Cluff]

8.8.8.8 is one of Google's public DNS servers (8.8.4.4 is the other):
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Brian Cluff

On 06/13/2016 06:08 PM, Michael wrote:
> what is 8.8.8.8 ? I tried going to the site but nothing would connect.
>
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> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     $ ping 8.8.8.8
>     PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
>     ^C
>     --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
>     194 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 194542ms
>
>     On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr.
>     <herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com
>     <mailto:herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Ping 8.8.8.8 what are your results?
>
>         Sent from my iPhone
>
>         On Jun 13, 2016, at 5:49 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>         I have an old actiontech modem/router. I want to run from my
>>         modem to the UPS to it and from there to the two computers (I
>>         just figured this out ) so the NIC cards of the two computers
>>         are protected. Anyways, the network icon indicates there is
>>         connection and the info window that tells you if you are
>>         connected or disconnected says that I'm connected but:
>>
>>          $ ping google.com <http://google.com>
>>          ping: unknown host google.com <http://google.com>
>>
>>         Could someone tell me how to fix this?
>>
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