Loopback testing?

[epp]

I would like to devise a loopback test for the NIC card of some PC's. Is there a way to do this? What software can I use and how would I configure the loopback "plug"?

Thanks

 

[RadioX]

Loopback plug would be as follows. I just cust a small peice of cat five and take a pair of wires from it.

pin 1 - pin 6
pin 2 - pin 3

Fairly Simple procedure

HTH
Ron

 

[Guest_imported]

If the cards are installed, you're running TCP/IP, and on a network. Do a loopback ping.

Start/Run {ping 204.0.0.1}

If you get a reply, your protocol stack is ok.

Then ping your own ip address.

Start/Run {winipcfg} to get the address.

If you get a reply, you're connection to the network is ok.

Then ping an address across the network.

If you get a reply, you're good to go!

Dennis