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Ping is a way of how to test connection between two location in internet ( your computer and the traget server that you try to test ). The result that you will get is the report of time it takes to get response. This is the esiest way to test if your server is "up" or not.

Here are some totrials that we can explain to you about how to do ping test to your server in different Operating System (Windows, Mac OS X and UNIX / LINUX etc) :

Windows Operating System

• Open up the Windows command prompt by clicking on the the Start button, going to Run… and then type in CMD. Now, press the enter key on your keyboard and the command window should open.
• Type in ping, leave a space and then type in the domain name or IP address you wish to test. For example, if you wanted to ping our website, you would type:
  
  ping yourdomain.com
  
• Your last step, would be to hit the enter button on your keyboard.

Mac OS X

• On Mac OS X, you will need to navigate to the Applications folder > Utilities > and then the Network Utility.
• Once the Network Utility is running, click on the ping tab and specify a domain or IP address to check.
• To see the results of your test, click on “Ping”.

UNIX/Linux/Etc:

• Linux users can also ping any location on the web. They just need to open a telnet/terminal window.
• Next, you will need to type in “ping domain name” or “ping IP Address” replacing the IP address or domain name with the variable you would like to test. (such as with the Windows example above)
• Now, press the enter button on your keyboard to see the ping results. To stop the ping results in Linux hit the keyboard combination Ctrl + C.

The results of your ping test, on Windows, OS X and Linux should look something like this:

C:\WINDOWS\System32>ping yourdomain.com
Pinging yourdomain.com [174.132.195.220] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 174.132.195.220: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=51
Reply from 174.132.195.220: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=51
Reply from 174.132.195.220: bytes=32 time=205ms TTL=51
Reply from 174.132.195.220: bytes=32 time=226ms TTL=51
Ping statistics for 174.132.195.220:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 41ms, Maximum = 226ms, Average = 139ms