Pinging 192.168.1.4 is looking to 192.168.1.2?

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Published on 2013-11-05T08:00:08Z Indexed on 2013/11/05 9:59 UTC
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When I run the command "ping 192.168.1.4" I am get the following results:

Pinging 192.168.1.4 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.2: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.2: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.2: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.1.2: Destination host unreachable.

Can anyone help me understand why in the world it's telling me that 192.168.1.2 is unreachable when that's not even the ip address I typed in? I'm very confused.

Also in case it's relevant, I'm on a workgroup.

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