The Online Ping tool uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), which is an integral part of the Internet Protocol (IP). As such, you cannot rely on the responses to provide you with consistent, trustworthy information. You can perform a broadcast (multiple-IP address) ping (eg, 104.24.255.255), but the hosts covered are not required to respond. One common error code is 1214 (transmit failed) when pinging an unreachable or non-existent host.

A valid response, including a set of times, for a different server.

An error message (eg, Couldn’t resolve host name).

If you provide a non-existent domain name, the results can be unpredictable. If this is the case, you’ll notice that it will take slightly longer for the command to complete. If the destination is reachable, but the server doesn’t respond, you will receive a Timed Out response.

When done, the tool will present you with the round-trip time (in milliseconds) for each ping, as well as the overall average time. Online Ping sends a packet to the destination and waits for a response.

To help diagnose intermittent issues, we recommend running the tool several times (with tests separated by at least a few minutes). If you’re having issues with a domain name or IP address, the Online Ping tool can determine if the site is live and if it is having problems. If you provide a Base-10 IP address, check the Convert Base-10 to IP box.

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