C:\>ppm install Net::Ping
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Install 'Net-Ping-External' version 0.11 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.806.
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Installing D:\Perl\html\site\lib\Net\Ping\External.html
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Net\Ping\External.pm
Successfully installed Net-Ping-External version 0.11 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.806.

C:\>ppm

ppm> rep

Repositories:
[1] ActiveState PPM2 Repository
[2] ActiveState Package Repository

ppm> rep describe 1

Describing Active Repository 1:
    Name: ActiveState PPM2 Repository
Location:
http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserver-5.8-windows.pl?urn:/PPMServer
    Type: PPMServer 2.0

ppm> rep describe 2

Describing Active Repository 2:
    Name: ActiveState Package Repository
Location:
http://ppm.ActiveState.com/PPM/ppmserver-5.8-windows.plex?urn:/PPM/Server/SQL
    Type: PPMServer 3.0

ppm> quit

C:\>