How to ping a domain name ?

[Administrator]

Hi Members,

A very simple post to ping the domain name. What if your webmaster OR system admin asks you to provide the output of ping from your machine ? Below are the basic steps for noobs to ping any domain name.

Access command prompt on your local machine with steps below.

Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> Command Prompt

OR

Start >> Run >> cmd >> Click Ok

It will open a command prompt on your machine with black background. Now, ping the domain name as in screen grab below. The command is as below. Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.

ping yourdomain.com

You can use multiple options with ping to get the desired/optimized output. They are as below. Use the --help option with ping to know more about the options.

ping --help

Understanding ping response will help you to troubleshoot in right direction.

[shantanu]

If you want to copy the output of Ping command into a text file directly then run the below command into Command Prompt:

C:\>ping milesweb.com >> C:\ping-result.txt

It will create ping-result.txt file with the ping details.

[Administrator]

If you want to copy the output of Ping command into a text file directly then run the below command into Command Prompt:

C:\>ping milesweb.com >> C:\ping-result.txt

It will create ping-result.txt file with the ping details.

Thank you Shantanu for the tips and tricks. Hope to see few more tips and tricks from you