The ping
command is a useful way of diagnosing network problems. It's similar to the sonar ping in a submarine. It sends out a signal to a specified machine and waits for a response to be echoed back.
ping www.pscs.co.uk
. You should see a display like this:Pinging www.pscs.co.uk [195.112.5.192] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 195.112.5.192: bytes=32 time=561ms TTL=55 Reply from 195.112.5.192: bytes=32 time=382ms TTL=55 Reply from 195.112.5.192: bytes=32 time=327ms TTL=55 Reply from 195.112.5.192: bytes=32 time=391ms TTL=55
ping >your ISP's mail server<
(e.g. ping mail.isp.com
). If you see a display similar to that above, then everything would seem to be OK with your network configuration - you've got another problem.ping www.pscs.co.uk
didn't work, then try typing ping 195.112.5.192
. You should get a display like this:Pinging 195.112.5.192 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 195.112.5.192: bytes=32 time=561ms TTL=55 Reply from 195.112.5.192: bytes=32 time=382ms TTL=55 Reply from 195.112.5.192: bytes=32 time=327ms TTL=55 Reply from 195.112.5.192: bytes=32 time=391ms TTL=55