How To Ping – Windows XP

1. Click ‘Start’ –> ‘Run’

2. Type ‘cmd’, click ‘OK’

3. At the command prompt, type ‘ping www.anydomain.com’ (domain/hostname) – or, if you want to ping an IP Address, type ‘ping 1.1.1.1′ (replace with target IP)

Replies include bytes, time, and TTL:

• bytes = size of ping reply – default on most servers is 32 bytes (i.e. bytes=32)
• time = the time it took to get the reply (i.e time=49ms)
• TTL = the amount of router hops remaining before the packet will timeout, timeout is 255 hops (i.e. TTL=52)

Overview and averages are displayed under the Reply results.

Advanced users: type ‘ping /?’ for Ping options