How to use PING command ?

The ping command is useful for determining the status of the network and various foreign hosts, tracking and isolating hardware and software problems, and testing, measuring, and managing networks.

You can get the 4 line ping result by following the steps below:

1. Click Start > Click Run

2. Please key in "cmd" on the text field then click "OK"

3. On the command prompt please key in "ping yourdomainname.com" then press enter.

Sample Output that is working fine :

web

Sample Output that has connection issue:

C:\>ping xxxx.com
Pinging xxxx.com [69.116.26.194] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 69.116.26.194:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

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