Ping

Ping is a tool that sends a packet to another location and back to the sender. It shows you the round-trip time along the path. When there is a problem with the network, ping can tell you if another location can be reached. The Ping Tool will do a ping from the current server to another location. Enter the domain name or IP address of the location you want to ping in the text box.

For example, enter either:

demo.thiscompany.com (this is the host name)
OR
206.168.112.53 (this is the IP address)

You will see something like this displayed on the screen:

Pinging 206.168.112.53 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 206.168.112.53: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=59

Reply from 206.168.112.53: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=59

Reply from 206.168.112.53: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=59

Reply from 206.168.112.53: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=59

Reply from 206.168.112.53: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=59

The Ping tool page also contains a link to the TraceRoute tool. click the TraceRoute link below the navigation bar at the top of the page.