For frequent network troubleshooting purposes, do you know a publicly pingable host with an easy to remember IP address (such as 1.2.3.4)?
A ping (Packet Internet or Inter-Network Groper) is a basic Internet program that allows a user to test and verify if a particular destination IP address exists and can accept requests in computer network administration. The acronym was contrived to match the submariners' term for the sound of a returned sonar pulse.
Here's how it is done: Press the Windows key on your keyboard then start typing “command prompt” and select Command Prompt. Now, type “ping google.com” and hit Enter. To test the connection between your computer and your home router, enter the router's IP address.
8.8. 8.8 is the IPv4 address of one of Google's public DNS servers. To test Internet connectivity: Type ping 8.8.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping -a 4.2.2.2
Pinging vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net [4.2.2.2] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=246
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=246
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=246
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=246
Ping statistics for 4.2.2.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 14ms, Average = 11ms
8.8.8.8 is Google's new public dns server which is easy to remember and quite likely to be up ;-)
$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=18.4 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=18.5 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=18.0 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.024/18.366/18.599/0.292 ms
$ host 8.8.8.8
8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer google-public-dns-a.google.com.
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