For a few days ago, I found some very good tools for list owners who
neither have root  access  (like  SysAdmins)  nor like/know Unix and
have a machine under Windows 95:
 
You will be able to do:
 
     - LOOKUP (to find out the IP address of a machine);
     - PING   (to find out if the machine is up-and-running);
     - TRACE ROUTE (to find out where the traffic dies out).
 
Moreover, there is another tool to do WHOIS.
 
Both of the programs are freeware for non-profit purposes and have a
very nice and easy  interface.   They  may  be retrieved by FTP from
FTP.SUNET.SE. Go to pub/pc/win95/telnet.
 
Also,  there  are some very handy FTP clients for Win95 (look in the
directory FTP).
 
Cheers,
 
    Aldo-Pier Solari/FISH-ECOLOGY