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Checking Communication Between the Computer, the Printer, and the

Wireless Router

Perform a ping test to check if communication is taking place.

• For Windows:

1. Select

Command Prompt

as shown below.

In Windows 10, right-click

Start

button and select

Command Prompt

.

In Windows 8.1, select

Command Prompt

from the

Start

screen. If

Command Prompt

is not

displayed on the

Start

screen, select the

Search

charm and search for "

Command Prompt

".

In Windows 7, click

Start

>

All Programs

>

Accessories

>

Command Prompt

.

2. Type the ping command and press

Enter

.

The ping command is as follows: ping XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

"XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" is the IP address of the target device.

If communication is taking place, a message like the one shown below appears.

Reply from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=255

If

Request timed out

appears, communication is not taking place.

• For macOS:

1. Start

Network Utility

as shown below.

Select

Computer

from

Go

menu of Finder, double-click

Macintosh HD

>

System

>

Library

>

CoreServices

>

Applications

>

Network Utility

.

2. Click

Ping

.

3. Make sure

Send only XX pings

(XX are numbers) is selected.

4. Enter IP address of target printer or target wireless router in

Enter the network address to ping

.

5. Click

Ping

.

"XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" is the IP address of the target device.

A message such as the following appears.

64 bytes from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=3.394 ms

64 bytes from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.786 ms

64 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 loss

If packet loss is 100%, communication is not taking place. Otherwise, computer is communicating
with target device.

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