Why would you want to ping an IP or a DNS?

In this post, you will learn how to ping a server to make sure that the server is up and running and it may be accessible.

Pinging a DNS helps to also find its IP address.

How to PING a DNS in Windows?

Open CMD, and write:

ping www.codeonion.com

And the response will be:

Pinging codeonion.com [23.111.141.26] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 23.111.141.26: bytes=32 time=279ms TTL=55
Reply from 23.111.141.26: bytes=32 time=280ms TTL=55
Reply from 23.111.141.26: bytes=32 time=279ms TTL=55
Reply from 23.111.141.26: bytes=32 time=281ms TTL=55

Ping statistics for 23.111.141.26:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 279ms, Maximum = 281ms, Average = 279ms

How to PING an IP address in Windows?

Open CMD, and write:

ping 23.111.141.26

And the response will be:

Pinging 23.111.141.26 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 23.111.141.26: bytes=32 time=278ms TTL=55
Reply from 23.111.141.26: bytes=32 time=278ms TTL=55
Reply from 23.111.141.26: bytes=32 time=278ms TTL=55
Reply from 23.111.141.26: bytes=32 time=278ms TTL=55

Ping statistics for 23.111.141.26:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 278ms, Maximum = 278ms, Average = 278ms

How to PING a DNS in Linux?

First open Linux Terminal and write this

$ ping www.codeonion.com

You will get the following response:

PING codeonion.com (23.111.141.26) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.codeonion.com (23.111.141.26): icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=283 ms
64 bytes from www.codeonion.com (23.111.141.26): icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from www.codeonion.com (23.111.141.26): icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from www.codeonion.com (23.111.141.26): icmp_seq=4 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from www.codeonion.com (23.111.141.26): icmp_seq=5 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from www.codeonion.com (23.111.141.26): icmp_seq=6 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from www.codeonion.com (23.111.141.26): icmp_seq=7 ttl=55 time=279 ms

How to PING an IP address in Linux?

First open the Linux Terminal and write this:

ping 23.111.141.26

You will get the following response:

PING 23.111.141.26 (23.111.141.26) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=281 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=278 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=6 ttl=55 time=285 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=7 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=8 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=9 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=10 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=11 ttl=55 time=280 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=12 ttl=55 time=280 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=13 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=14 ttl=55 time=279 ms
64 bytes from 23.111.141.26: icmp_seq=15 ttl=55 time=279

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Plain and simple, this is how we ping. Same command in both operating systems. Now I feel like this whole post was a joke.