ping
tracerte

Test connectivity to another host

ping hostname​ping ipaddr​

ping will fail if ICMP requests are dropped by the target host or blocked by a router somewhere in the network path. Therefore, this should be first tried when the connection is working, to ensure that a failure is due to actual network connectivity problems.

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Trace the connection to another host

tracerte hostname​tracerte ipaddr​

tracerte may not work property if ICMP requests are dropped by the target host or blocked by a router somewhere in the network path. Therefore, this should be first tried when the connection is working, to ensure that a failure is due to actual network connectivity problems.

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