Thread: Testing a server's accessibility directly from the browser

The 'ping' command can help test the accessibility of servers and diagnose packet loss if any. Unfortunately you need to open a Command Prompt to run the command.

You can even run a ping test directly from a website-this saves the effort of going through the Command Prompt. What's more, you can copy the desired command to start it directly. Go to the website progping&host =%s'. Enter the URL into the dialog field in the middle, for example and click on 'Submit'. Now save a new bookmark with the command 'Bookmarks I Add Bookmarks' or using the keyboard shortcut '[Ctrl]+[D]'. Then right-click on the new bookmark, for instance, and select the 'Properties' context command.



Type the term 'ping google', in the 'Keyword' field. Now switch to the 'Location' field and get the cursor to the end of the line using the [End] key, Change the sample URL entered there behind the name 'host=%s' to 'host=%. Confirm the setting with 'OK'. Now when you type 'ping google' directly in the address bar, the Network Tools website will ping .Google. for you. Similarly, you can replace 'google' with the name of any of the websites or servers you need to ping and save them as bookmarks,

Note: Some accessible web servers deliver a timeout though, because a firewall or the server itself blocks the ICMP package of the ping request.