Transmission Terminal adapters use asynchronous communications characterized by undefined time intervals between transmissions. Routers use synchronous communications, a mode of digital transmission in which data is transmitted at a fixed and continuous rate. Connections Terminal adapters connect directly by means of serial connection to a workstation. Routers communicate with the local network by means of 10base-T Ethernet or AUI connection. I cannot ping my router IP address.
Ping operates by sending a packet to a designated address and waiting for a response.
The above IP address, is one of Easynet's Name Servers, and you would therefore only get a response, if you were connected to the Internet at the time. To ping a machine on your own network, you would need to know the IP address range of your network. If the PING was unsuccessful , you would receive the following response Pinging 195.40.1.36 with 32 bytes of data Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out.