On 11/17/05, Jeff Keller <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Wouldn't a ping be as good or better than tracert? The tracert might be
> blocked at some point(?). Will the ping to the IP number get through even if
> tope.nl is blocking http?
>
> In command window type:
>
> ping www.tope.nl
>
> or
>
> ping 195.85.182.16
>
> You will get the IP no. if you ping the domain name. Pinging the IP number
> won't need a DNS.
I find more stuff tends to block ping than tracert. Neither uses http
so that's not an issue. The advantage of using tracert is that if it
does resolve the IP address then you'd see where it's getting hung up
whereas with ping all you'd see is no responses.
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