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\"IPThere are a variety of reasons for wanting to ping any given IP address. \u00a0You may be a network administrator, attempting to gather information about what is happening on a particular computer or server, or you may be a gamer trying to determine what the latency times are for a locally-hosted game. \u00a0Whatever the reason, pinging an IP address can come in handy in many circumstances and knowing how to do it from any platform is key. \u00a0There are also automatic programs designed to do this for you and depending on your circumstance, you may find these easier to use. \u00a0The following describes how to manually ping IP address on Windows, Mac and Linux-based systems as well as how to use automatic ping tools.<\/p>\n

Manually Ping on Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to run these commands on Windows, you will first need to open your command prompt. \u00a0Open the command window by clicking ‘Start’, then select ‘Run’. \u00a0Type ‘cmd’ into the run program box, and hit enter or press ‘OK’. \u00a0From here, type ‘ping host name’ or ‘ping IP address’. \u00a0For example, if you want to ping yahoo.com (a host name), you would type ‘ping www.yahoo.com<\/a>‘. \u00a0If you want to ping the specific IP address 22.87.47.67, you would type ‘ping 22.87.47.67. \u00a0After typing either one of these in, press the ‘Enter’ key on your keyboard. \u00a0When the results appear, look at the section labeled ‘pingOutput’ for your results.<\/p>\n

Manually Ping on Mac<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to begin the pinging process on systems running the Mac OS, you will need to navigate to the Applications folders, followed by Utilities and then Network Utility. \u00a0From inside this interface, you can quickly check the status of an IP address or host name by inserting the appropriate address into the domain\/IP Address box in the ‘Ping’ section of the Network Utility. \u00a0After inputting the needed information, click ‘Ping’ and your results should appear rather instantaneously.<\/p>\n

Manually Ping on Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doing a manual ping on Linux is just as simple as doing it on Windows or Mac-based systems. \u00a0Start off by opening a Telnet or TERMINAL window; this is where you will enter your lines and is similar to Window’s ‘CMD’ executable. \u00a0The process works very similar to Windows as well. \u00a0Simply type in \u201cping hostname\u201d or \u201cping IP address\u201d (just like in Windows) to properly direct the command system to check that IP address or host name. \u00a0Once inputted, press ‘Enter’ and view the ‘pingOutput’ information that will appear upon completion of the pinging process.<\/p>\n

Automatically Pinging an IP Address or Host Name<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rather than worrying about built-in command prompts that can be frustrating and difficult to use for some, try using the Pingler Ping Domain\/IP tool<\/a>, which can automatically grab the results of a ping for you in the blink of the eye. \u00a0Simply insert your IP or domain, click ‘Continue’ and fetch the corresponding piece of information (IP if it’s a domain name and vice-versa). \u00a0If you are constantly having to check and compare pieces of information about multiple websites, domains and IP addresses, this browser-based tool makes for a great solution to repetitive, complicating cross-checking.<\/p>\n


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