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Troubleshoot Internet Connection Problems

The ping command sends ICMP echo request packets to a destination and measures the round-trip time for replies. It can help troubleshoot internet connectivity issues but many devices do not respond to pings. Traceroute shows the path packets take between locations by having each router reply. It can help locate connection problems. Ipconfig/ifconfig display network interface configurations and status on Windows and Unix-like systems respectively. Nslookup looks up IP addresses for domain names while whois retrieves registration records for domain names.

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Troubleshoot Internet Connection Problems

The ping command sends ICMP echo request packets to a destination and measures the round-trip time for replies. It can help troubleshoot internet connectivity issues but many devices do not respond to pings. Traceroute shows the path packets take between locations by having each router reply. It can help locate connection problems. Ipconfig/ifconfig display network interface configurations and status on Windows and Unix-like systems respectively. Nslookup looks up IP addresses for domain names while whois retrieves registration records for domain names.

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ping

The ping command sends ICMP echo request packets to a destination. For example, you could run
ping google.com or ping 173.194.33.174 to ping a domain name or IP address.
These packets ask the remote destination to reply. If the remote destination is configured to reply, it
will respond with packets of its own. Youll be able to see how long the round-trip time is between
your computer and the destination. Youll see a request timed out message if packet loss is
occurring, and youll see an error message if your computer cant communicate with the remote
host at all.
This tool can help you troubleshoot Internet connection problems, but bear in mind that many
servers and devices are configured not to reply to pings.

traceroute / tracert / tracepath


The traceroute, tracert, or tracepath command is similar to ping, but provides information about the
path a packet takes. traceroute sends packets to a destination, asking each Internet router along the
way to reply when it passes on the packet. This will show you the path packets take when you send
them between your location and a destination.
This tool can help troubleshoot connection problems. For example, if you cant communicate with a
server, running traceroute may show you where the problem is occurring between your computer
and the remote host.
ipconfig / ifconfig
The ipconfig command is used on Windows, while the ifconfig command is used on Linux, Mac OS
X, and other Unix-like operating systems. These commands allow you to configure your network
interfaces and view information about them.

nslookup
The nslookup command will look up the IP addresses associated with a domain name. For example,
you can run nslookup howtogeek.com to see the IP address of How-To Geeks server.
whois

The whois command looks up the registration record associated with a domain name. This can show
you more information about who registered and owns a domain name, including their contact
information.

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