About IP Tools

IP Tools allows you to Ping, Traceroute, or DNS lookup for a domain/IP from your web browser.

IP Tools also allows you to view information about your own IP address using My IP Address.

Examples

Here are some samples of popular websites to get you familiar with our tools.

Google.com	ping	traceroute	dns lookup	whois
Bing.com	ping	traceroute	dns lookup	whois
Yahoo.com	ping	traceroute	dns lookup	whois
Live.com	ping	traceroute	dns lookup	whois
Gmail.com	ping	traceroute	dns lookup	whois
Hotmail.com	ping	traceroute	dns lookup	whois

Ping

The simplest network tool is Ping. A message (packet) is sent from one computer to another. If the remote host responds, you can determine that it is active and have a rough picture of the latency (network delay) between the two hosts.

Traceroute

Traceroute is a great way to identify the network path from one location to another. If every host along the path provides a response, we're able to easily map the path. This can be very helpful in diagnosing connectivity issues.

DNS Lookup

Computers communicate using numbers called IP Addresses. For example, Google's website can be found at the address 74.125.129.103. We use DNS to convert a domain, which is easy to remember, to an IP address.