Network Troubleshooting - Windows Server 2003 Networking Recipes - page 382

■ Note It's important to keep in mind that all three of these utilities depend on the Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP) to function; if ICMP is being blocked by any firewall or router between you and the remote
host, these tools can fail even if the host and the route to that host are functioning perfectly.

See Also

Microsoft TechNet: “Using the Pathping Command” ( http://technet2.microsoft.com/
WindowsServer/en/Library/dd7640ac-d923-470d-87c9-0927eb43b7cb1033.mspx )

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Wikipedia: “Pathping” ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathping ) ￿

Microsoft TechNet: “Using the Tracert Command” ( http://technet2.microsoft.com/
WindowsServer/en/Library/66633f9d-a0fa-4548-9506-604539757c011033.mspx )

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9-12. Verifying Services on the Local or Remote Computer

Problem
You want to determine the operational status of a network service that is running on a local or
remote Windows Server 2003 computer.

Solution

Using a Graphical User Interface
To confirm that a service is running on the local computer, follow these steps:

1. Open the Services MMC snap-in.

2. Scroll to the entry for the World Wide Web Publishing Service, or the name of the service

whose status you are attempting to verify.

3. If the Status column does not read Started, right-click on the service and click on Start.

■ Note We have used the World Wide Web (WWW) service as an example here, but you can follow these
steps to confirm the operation of any service on your local or remote Windows Server 2003 computer.

To confirm that a service is running on a remote computer called computer1.mycompany.com ,
follow these steps:

1.

Open the Services MMC snap-in.

2. Right-click on the Services node in the left pane and select Connect to Another Computer.