Webmaster Resources | Networking Tutorials | How To Ping & Trace Route domain

Ping a domain:

In Windows, open a command prompt window and type command "ping www.yourdomain.com"
Start -> Run -> cmd -> ping yourdomain.com

Add -t option at the end to do a continuous ping.

If you get error message "Ping request could not find host" or "ping: unknown host", the domain has a dns problem.

Do a traceroute:

Traceroute is a utility that traces a packet from your computer to an Internet host, showing how many hops the packet requires to reach the host and how long each hop takes.

In Windows, open a command prompt window and type "tracert yourdomain.com"
Start -> Run -> cmd -> tracert yourdomain.com

In Linux, open shell or terminal, type command "traceroute yourdomain.com"

Trace route is essential to troubleshoot network issues. From trace route output, we can identify which hop experience delay or congestion.