NewTek TriCaster Studio User Manual

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1. Click the Apple icon at upper left on the Desktop, and select About This Mac. Click More

info … in the panel which opens, then click Network in the Contents column at left. The
IP number for the Mac will be listed in the right hand pane.

Issuing a Ping

Ping is a command line program, and must be run from a command shell on the issuing
computer. To open a command shell and send a ping, follow the procedure below that applies.

Windows

1. On TriCaster, click the [x] button in the upper-right corner of the screen, and select

Admin to get to the Windows Desktop.

2. For all Windows XP® systems (including TriCaster) select the Windows Start Menu

command Run

3. Type “CMD” (without quotation marks) into the Run dialog panel
4. Press your Enter key a command shell window will open.)
5. Type “Ping” (without quotes) followed by a space and the target IP number, as in the

image below – then press Enter.

Figure 232

6. Ping will go to work, and in a moment or two begin reporting results. A ping failure

(indicating a network problem) will look like Figure 233. A success ping will display a
report like Figure 234.

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