Ping Servers from the Firefox Address Bar

By Gina Trapani on March 18, 2008 at 8:00 AM

Reader Rob P. uses Firefox quick search bookmark to see if web servers aren’t reachable. He says:

Add this as a Bookmark in Firefox:
http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=ping&host=%s
I have its keyword as “ping” … so all I have to do is type ping google.com in the address bar.

The advantage of pinging a server using a webapp versus from your own command line is that you can see whether or not your network connection is the problem. This looks like a good alternative to sites like DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com, though a bit more geared towards networking geeks. Thanks, Rob P.!

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