From: Edward QU Date: 2011-10-05T00:24:45+09:00 Subject: Re: net ping is in error in Windows 7 OS Thank you Pat for your kindly help. I did , but it still work wrong. I test it in irb as the following: >> require "net/ping" => true >> puts 'OK' if Net::Ping::External.new '192.168.1.1' OK => nil >> puts 'OK' if Net::Ping::External.new '192.168.1.5' OK => nil >> puts 'OK' if Net::Ping::External.new '192.168.1.555' OK => nil what a amazing, the 199.168.1.555 can be ping and is ok ?! I use Ruby 1.9.2-260, win7 64. net-ping 1.5.1, kabasky fire wall in local PC. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.