How to Ping a Domain using Command Prompt

      Pinging is a command which tells you if the connection between your computer and a particular domain is working correctly.

Steps:

1. In windows go to "Start menu" and type "cmd" and click on it, the command prompt opens.

2. Type the word "ping" followed by a space and continued by the "domain name".

Example:

     See the image below for pinging and how the results are diplayed. In this example the domain name used was facebook.

Results:

         If the results show a series of replies, the connection is working. The time(ms) shows you how fast the connection is. If you see a "timed out" error instead of a reply, there is a breakdown somewhere between your computer and the domain. Pinging also gives us the IP address of the domain. In this Example: The IP adress of Facebook was 69.171.234.21

Tip:

    Shortcut for opening command prompt:

    Press "Windows logo+R"  which opens the "run" then type "cmd" and press enter.

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