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General Information -

Packet Internet Groper (Ping) is a TCP/IP utility that can be used to test an internet URL or TCP/IP address and respond with either a "not found" or with the time it took for the test to be concluded.

It can be be implemented in special programs such as freeware/shareware or you can buy programs that have the ping implemented. See the "Security Probe Software" page

You can also use Ping from within a Microsoft Windows DOS prompt as shown in the examples below. For more information see the "NT 4.0 Ping" page.

Method 1: Ping a URL using a Windows DOS prompt.

at the DOS prompt type ...

c:\> ping www.techadvice.com <enter> 

the response is...

Pinging www.techadvice.com [64.85.4.38] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from [64.85.11.43]: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=118
Reply from [64.85.11.43]: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=118
Reply from [64.85.11.43]: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=118

The response tells you the bytes received, the time it took to respond and the TTL (Time to Live).

A nice side effect of using Ping is that it will return the IP address of the URL. In this example the IP address is 64.85.4.38 and the URL is www.techadvice.com.

Method 2: Ping with a TCP/IP address

at the DOS prompt type ...

c:\> ping 64.85.4.38 <enter> 

the response is...

Pinging 64.85.4.38 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from [64.85.11.43]: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=118
Reply from [64.85.11.43]: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=118
Reply from [64.85.11.43]: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=118

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