Windows 7
If you are having problems resolving your website, you can ping it to see if it is a problem with your server, or if there is a problem somewhere in the internet as the connection travels from your computer's internet access through to the domain in question.
Here is how to Ping
- From the desktop, click start
- Type cmd in Search programs and files and press Enter.
- The DOS window will pop up. At the C:\WINDOWS> prompt type ping www.yourdomainname and press enter.
- You will see some results pass through the screen.
- It will tell you if there were any packets lost in the transfer (0% loss is what you want to see).
- It will also tell you the average speed, in milliseconds.
- To close the DOS window, type exit at the C:\WINDOWS> prompt and press enter.
Windows XP
If you are having problems resolving your website, you can ping it to see if it is a problem with your server, or if there is a problem somewhere in the internet as the connection travels from your computer's internet access through to the domain in question.
Here is how to Ping
- From the desktop, click start
- Select Run
- In the Run box, type command
- Click OK
- The DOS window will pop up. At the C:\WINDOWS> prompt type ping www.yourdomainname and press enter.
- You will see some results pass through the screen.
- It will tell you if there were any packets lost in the transfer (0% loss is what you want to see).
- It will also tell you the average speed, in milliseconds.
- To close the DOS window, type exit at the C:\WINDOWS> prompt and press enter.
