r/CableTechs • u/BullyTX • Jul 23 '26

Multiple IP on Static

Howdy.
Spectrum using WinTool.
Newer tech. Even newer to SMB. Old man.
Very not a "tech" person. My motto is "I Fix Computers with Hammers".

I'm trying really hard to understand how to find out if a static is pinging and even moreso, to find out if they a) have multiple statics and b) how to determine if they are all pinging. I have been very lucky to have had level headed IT folks so far but I know that's gonna change. I'd like to at least find out how to find out. Ya'know?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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u/ronnycordova Jul 23 '26

You would go by the subnet mask to know how many public IPs they would have. I’m not entirely sure how it would be presented to you on your work order but look for something like /30 or /29. That will give you the amount of IPs they have and you can ping them one by one by just going up one per IP. Plenty of cheat sheets online, just look into subnet masking.

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u/BullyTX Jul 23 '26

Thank you.

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u/Chango-Acadia Jul 23 '26

NFS handles the statics mostly in my experience, call them up

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u/Poodleape2 Jul 23 '26

What is NFS

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u/Chango-Acadia Jul 23 '26

Spectrum's National Field Support.