Ping
Ping is a command to check whether a destination computer system is working on a network or not. Ping sends network packets to the destination IP address or host. If the ping gets successful, you will receive the result.
Ping your website in Windows.
- Click Start > Run > type cmd and hit enter.
- Type ping "your website name"
For example - ping google.com
You will see the ping results something like this.
Pinging google.com [173.194.36.40] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 173.194.36.40: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
Reply from 173.194.36.40: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
Reply from 173.194.36.40: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
Reply from 173.194.36.40: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
Ping statistics for 173.194.36.40:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 13ms, Maximum = 13ms, Average = 13ms
Tracert
This utility determines the route taken to a destination by sending echo packets to the destination.
- Click Start > Run > type cmd and hit enter.
- Type Tracert "your website name"
For example - tracert accuwebhosting.com
You will see the Tracert results something like this for your website with different IP addresses and host names.
1 0 0 0 216.46.228.229 port-216-3073253-es128.devices.datareturn.com
2 0 0 0 64.29.192.145 port-64-1949841-zzt0prespect.devices.datareturn.com
3 0 0 0 64.29.192.226 daa.g921.ispb.datareturn.com
4 0 0 0 209.246.152.201 ge-3-0-101.ipcolo2.dallas1.level3.net
5 0 0 0 4.68.112.185 so-5-1-0.bbr2.dallas1.level3.net
6 10 10 20 64.159.4.222 so-0-0-0.mp2.denver1.level3.net
7 21 10 20 4.68.112.162 so-6-0.hsa2.denver1.level3.net
8 20 10 20 64.156.40.66 unknown.level3.net
9 50 10 20 216.52.40.14 border9.ge3-1-bbnet1.den.pnap.net
10 10 20 10 63.251.181.210 data393-2.border9.den.pnap.net
11 20 20 20 208.42.224.9 core-b.v23.ge-2-7.internap-2.edge2.data393.net
12 10 10 20 66.151.174.28
13 10 10 20 205.138.111.78 205-138-111-78.unknown.data393.net
14 20 20 20 209.151.65.216 209-151-65.denver.wehostwebsites.com
Trace complete.
Other Useful Tools
- Check Network connectivity and Ping response from our Infrastructure.
- Check WHOIS Records (Information about domain name registration)
- Check DNS Records (Check Name Servers records, A records, MX records, etc ...)
- InterNic (Current registrar and WHOIS report)
→ Want to run ping and Tracert report to our DC location? Please refer to the check ping / tracert report for more details.