Basic Internet Troubleshooting(Windows)

PING - in short for Packet Internet or Inter-Network Groper according to techtarget is a basic Internet program that allows a user to test and verify if a particular destination IP address exists and can accept requests in computer network administration

1. Hold down the Window Key and Press down R to open Run

2. In the Run search cmd to open the Command Prompt

3. Type "ping 8.8.8.8" to check if your connection can reach the google dns or type "ping google" to check if your connection can reach the domain of google.

(note that 8.8.8.8 can be changed to other public dns servers or your ISP's dns and google can also be changed to other sites such yahoo, facebook and etc. incase google ran into problem)

Ping Replies:

- If your ping has a message something like this:

Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=54

Then you have a good connection

- If your ping has a message something like this:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Then you have to report it to your provider in order for them to fix your connection

Reference:

- https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/definition/ping