Ping lets you quickly verify whether your connection is valid. Here are instructions to ping a domain name on both Windows and Mac.
To ping a domain name using Windows, follow these instructions:
The response is either Reply from nn.nn.nn.nn if the ping reached the IP address of the domain name or Request timed out if it did not. For Request timed out messages or if the IP address returned does not match the Zone File Editor for the domain name, there's a DNS issue.
The response is either Reply from nn.nn.nn.nn if the ping reached the IP address of the domain name or Request timed out if it did not. For Request timed out messages or if the IP address returned does not match the Zone File Editor for the domain name, there's a DNS issue.