open Win2k command prompt and type:

PING 10.0.0.2 

and you'll get something like this:

Pinging 10.0.0.2 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 10.0.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254

Reply from 10.0.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254

Reply from 10.0.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254

Reply from 10.0.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254



Ping statistics for 10.0.0.2:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

If you get lost packets, then there's no ethernet conenction to your player.