On Win32 you will want to get PPM working, won't work is a fairly useless and generic description.....it does work, you probably have a minor config issue perhaps your firewall or a proxy?

C:\>ppm install Net::Ping
====================
Install 'Net-Ping-External' version 0.11 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.806.
====================
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:/PP
+MServer
    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/Ser
+ver/SQL
    Type: PPMServer 3.0

ppm> quit

C:\>
[download]

If you can't get PPM to work (RTFM or post some detail) then you can just go to AS, get the Module.zip file. Unzip it, and then ppm install Module.ppd

Get nmake from here http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/Nmake15.exe

See A Guide To Installing Modules

First of all you need to obtain nmake. Here is a link for Nmake1.5. This is a self-extracting archive.

My first recomendation is that you make a directory under your perl distribution called nmake. Something like c:\Perl\nmake\. Download the file to that location. Run it from that directory so everything unzips to your new nmake directory.

Then make sure nmake is part of your PATH system variable. Check your autoexec.bat file. You should see a line similar to PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\SOANDSO. Add your nmake directory to your path like so PATH=C:\Perl\nmake;C:\WINDOWS;C:\SOANDSO.

Then you should:

• open up a DOS prompt
• move to the directory where you unzipped your module files
• type the following commands
  • perl makefile.pl
  • nmake
  • nmake test
  • nmake install

Make sure there are no error messages when installing. Then just drop a use Net::Ping at the top of your script and see if it works

Addressing your P.S. statement...you should download your modules from Comprehensive Perl Archive Network aka CPAN any module that is highly used by perl coders should be present there

First of all you need to obtain nmake.

Probably, but you can't assume. perl -V:make tells you.

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.