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A Ping Tool is a utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. While traditional "ping" uses ICMP packets, modern web-based tools often perform an HTTP Ping. This checks if a web server is responding to HTTP requests and measures the time it takes for the response to arrive (latency).
Our tool runs directly in your browser. When you enter a URL:
Not exactly. Command line ping uses ICMP packets. Browsers do not allow ICMP. This tool uses HTTP requests to measure the "Round Trip Time" (RTT) to the web server, which is effectively the same for checking website availability.
When pinging a different domain (e.g., google.com) from our site, browser security policies hide the status code (like 200 OK). "Opaque" means the server responded successfully, but we can't read the content. This counts as a successful ping.
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