Basic analysis and troubleshooting internet with PING operation

Nowadays we can’t imagine the impact when your Internet browser says “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage”

So it is always good to know the basic troubleshooting to identify the problem and resolve it.

When you are ready for troubleshooting then you should know the command “PING”

What is Ping ?

Ping has become very usual and there cannot be many people who do not know the meaning of this wonder word.

PING- stands for Packet Internet Gopher

You want to check if there is connectivity to some destination. Ping makes your job very simple.

All you have to do is

Open up command prompt in case of windows or the “terminal” incase of Mac and type

Ping  89.69.69.6( the IP you want to )

Tada..you get three types of responses

1.       Reply from 89.69.69.6 (Meaning there is reach ability from your machine to the destination)

2.       Destination host unreachable (There are no routes configured for the destination and there is absolutely no connectivity).

3.       Request timed out ( Meaning you are able to reach the destination, but there is an issue with the reverse path i.e. from the destination to your machine and hence the connectivity is not completely established)

So finally when you get a reply we can conclude that it is not a network issue.

Problem could be with your browser, antivirus, virus infection.

Solution could be the below:

1.       Reset your browser

2.       Run scan with your antivirus.

3.       My personal experience is download Malwarebytes and run it.(if it Is affected with  virus)

Now we understood the importance of ping operation.

To make it more interesting and useful for lovers of technology I will explain about ping from same subnet and different in my next blog.

To read more on ping you can refer to Wiki