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When I run the command ping 192.168.1.4
I get the following results:
Pinging 192.168.1.4 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.2: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.2: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.2: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.2: Destination host unreachable.
Can anyone help me understand why in the world it's telling me that 192.168.1.2 is unreachable when that's not the IP address I typed in? I'm very confused.
Also in case it's relevant, I'm on a workgroup.
What command have you typed exactly? – gronostaj – 2013-11-05T08:01:10.207
Exactly what I wrote in quotes. – BVernon – 2013-11-05T08:01:36.027
1BVernon: it doesn't say "192.168.1.2" is unreachable. On the contrary, it is 192.168.1.2 that say that the Destination host (ie, 192.168.1.4) is unreachable. In your case .1.2 is probably your own machine. But it could also be a "hop" along the way to the destination (the last hop that was reached). It could mean that the destination is not answering ping (due to its firewall, for example. do NOT disable the firewall! just allow incoming ICMP) – Olivier Dulac – 2013-11-05T11:45:07.430