Ping Test – Is the Website Up?
Ping a website or server: response time of each attempt, packet loss and whether the site is up.
About the Ping Test – Is the Website Up?
A ping test checks whether a website or server is reachable and how quickly it answers. Use it when a site seems down, to see whether the problem is the server or your own connection, to check that a new server or DNS change is live, or to compare how responsive two hosts are.
This tool connects to the web server several times (on port 443 for HTTPS, falling back to port 80) and times each connection, then shows the minimum, average and maximum response time, packet loss (attempts with no reply) and jitter (how much the times vary). It also loads the home page, so you can tell the difference between a server that is down and a website that is broken. Classic ICMP ping is blocked by many firewalls and hosts, so connection timing is a more reliable way to test a website.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good ping time?
Under 100 ms is very good, 100–300 ms is fine for websites, and over 300 ms usually means the server is far away or slow. The result depends on the distance between our server and the website.
What does packet loss mean?
It is the share of pings that got no reply. 0% is normal. Some loss points to an overloaded server or an unstable network; 100% means the server is down or blocking connections.
The server answers but the website does not load. Why?
The machine is reachable, but the web server or the application behind it (for example PHP or a database) has failed. Check your hosting error logs.
Is this the same as the ping command?
It measures the same thing – how long the server takes to answer – but uses a web connection instead of ICMP, which many servers and firewalls block. That makes it a better test of whether a website is reachable.