{"id":5316,"date":"2018-06-16T10:56:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T10:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=5316"},"modified":"2025-05-30T17:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:07:23","slug":"how-to-run-a-ping-and-traceroute-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-run-a-ping-and-traceroute-test\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Run a Ping and Traceroute Test?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch this video for a step by step process on how to run a ping and traceroute test<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CBVoCxGlkg8\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>What is a Ping Test?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a Ping test is run, it sends a series of short and small connections to a website (or IP) address and monitors both completion and response time. You can edit the process for sending continuous connections over a period of time but generally, only 4 pings are sent and received.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a Traceroute Test?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With a Traceroute test, a normal connection run via the Command\/Terminal box. This test will provide the details of the &#8216;hops&#8217; taken as well as the response time for each hop. A hop is a computer or server used for routing your device to the selected website or IP address. Typically the hops can vary from 5 to 20 on any website request.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Importance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can test and troubleshoot internet connection by running a ping or traceroute test. This helps you to find a non-connection or any connection issue or identify where is the issue occurring in the network.<\/p>\n<p>The process of running each test is similar, but the method of starting them varies depending on the operating systems.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we will see the three types of the operating system on which we can run a <strong>Ping<\/strong> and <strong>Traceroute<\/strong> test:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Windows 10<\/li>\n<li>Apple Mac<\/li>\n<li>Linux Ubuntu Flavor<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Ping test on Windows 10 Operating System: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the search box in the bottom side and type command prompt and press enter.<\/li>\n<li>A new window appears on the screen, in that type <strong>ping and website name or IP address <\/strong>and hit <strong>enter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A series of four pings will be sent from your computer to the webserver. The result of each ping attempt along with a summary of the statistics will be displayed in the box.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t get the statistics then it will show the result as <strong>Request timed out<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If you want to ping your website 25 times then you need to type this command <strong>&#8216;ping website name or ip address -n 25&#8217; and press enter. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Traceroute test on Windows 10 Operating System:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the same window type this command <strong>tracert space website name or ip address and press enter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This command tracks the pathway taken by a packet on an IP network in real-time from source to destination. It reports the IP addresses of all routers that it pinged in between the pathway.<\/li>\n<li>In case your connection fails regularly, it indicates that there is an issue with the internet connection.<\/li>\n<li>This process will require some time and once done it will show a message <strong>&#8216;Trace Complete&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Apple Mac Operating System: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Apple Mac operating system you can run a Ping and Traceroute test by using two methods: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Terminal <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong> Network Utility<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>To run a Ping and Traceroute test from Terminal follow these simple steps:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>To access the <strong>terminal, <\/strong>first, you need to <strong>press command and space bar key<\/strong> from the keyboard to get <strong>Spotlight Search<\/strong> on desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Now in <strong>Spotlight Search<\/strong> type <strong>Terminal<\/strong> and double click on it.<\/li>\n<li>Run this command<strong> ping space website name or IP address and press enter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The result of each ping attempt along with a summary of the statistics will be displayed in the box.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t get the statistics then it will show the result as <strong>Request timed out<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Now, for <strong>traceroute test<\/strong> type this command <strong>traceroute space website name or IP address and press enter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It takes some time and tracks the pathway taken by a packet on an IP network in real-time from source to destination. It reports the IP addresses of all routers that it pinged in between the pathway.<\/li>\n<li>In case your connection fails regularly, it indicates that there is an issue with the internet connection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>To run a Ping and Traceroute test from Network Utility follow these simple steps:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>To access the <strong>Network utility<\/strong> section, first, you need to press the command and space bar key from the keyboard to get <strong>Spotlight Search<\/strong> on desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Now in <strong>Spotlight Search<\/strong> type <strong>Network Utility <\/strong>and double click on it.<\/li>\n<li>Go to<strong> &#8216;Ping&#8217;.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This will ask you for the address that you want to ping.<\/li>\n<li>In that, the option to send unlimited pings or a specified number will be given to you.<\/li>\n<li>It is recommended to send pings between 4 and 10 in any one test.<\/li>\n<li>Now, click on <strong>Ping<\/strong> to start the test.<\/li>\n<li>The result of each ping attempt will be displayed along with a summary of the statistics in a window just below the result.<\/li>\n<li>If the entire ping requests fail or timeout or lose packets then it is the internet issue.<\/li>\n<li>Now, go to <strong>Traceroute<\/strong> and <strong>enter the website name or IP address.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on trace.<\/li>\n<li>This process will take some time to display statistics and that&#8217;s it you&#8217;re done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ping test on Linux Ubuntu operating system:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To open terminal on ubuntu press the shortcut keys Ctrl + ALT + T<\/li>\n<li>In the terminal window type ping space website or IP address and hit enter.<\/li>\n<li>The result of each ping attempt will be displayed along with a summary of the statistics in a window just below the result.<\/li>\n<li>If the entire ping requests fail or timeout or loss packets then it is the internet issue.<\/li>\n<li>If you want to ping your website 10 times then you need to type this command<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;ping -c 10 website name or ip address&#8217; and press enter. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Traceroute test on Linux Ubuntu operating system:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the same window type this command <strong>traceroute space website name or ip address and press enter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This command tracks the pathway taken by a packet on an IP network in real-time from source to destination. 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