Ping

About the Free Online Ping Tool The Big Free Tools ping utility enables system administrators, webmasters, and network engineers to test the connectivity to any host, server, or device on the internet. In addition to sending ICMP echo requests (or if restricted by firewalls, invoke fast TCP/HTTP socket handshakes), our tool reports exact network statistics including Round-Trip Time (RTT) and packet loss. Key Metrics Our Ping Test Reports The RTT or "round-trip-time" is a time in milliseconds of how long it takes our server to ping to your destination and back to us. The lower the value, the faster your network connection! The packet loss value shows you whether your destination host failed to respond to pings or just dropped the packets. A value of 0% packet loss indicates that your network connection is healthy! Min, Average, and Max Latency: shows you the variance in times across multiple pings so you can identify jitter, bottlenecks, and routing instability! TTL or " time-to-live" indicates the maximum hop count a datagram can travel before it is destroyed; useful when differentiating between Windows vs. Linux default operating system configurations. Why Test Network Connections with an Online Ping Utility? Detect server downtime and crashes before they affect your customers! Measure server latency before it matters to your bottom line! Determine if your server/firewall is actively blocking network probes!