Use firefox browser to do ping and tracert
The title says it all, you can run ping and traceroute in your internet browser. It’s can be handy for sys admin to do their troubleshooting without the need to open a terminal/command prompt.
Steps
1. Open up your firefox browser.
2. Bookmark these 2 links and put a “ping” & “tracert” keyword for each.
http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=ping&host=%s
http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=trace&host=%s
3. To create a keyword for your bookmark, if you are using firefox, hit <Ctrl> + <B> then search for the 2 URL’s that you have added just now. When you found it, right click and choose “Properties” on it and you will see something like this
5. After clicking “Properties”, a window will pop up and from there you can see there is a “Keyword” field. So just enter the keyword accordingly.
- “ping” keyword for bookmark http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=ping&host=%s
- “tracert” keyword for bookmark http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=trace&host=%s
Example:
4. Ok, you are all set. Now try to type “ping www.google.com” or “tracert www.google.com” without the double quote on your browser URL address bar
Example:
5. See, the ping/tracert result is showing in the browser
Quite handy isn’t it.
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October 16th, 2008 at 19:28
you very panai la, the problem is where should i open that properties for “network tools” window?
October 16th, 2008 at 12:45
ok I have revised my post, hope you will get it this time.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:45
ok I have revised my post, hope you will get it this time.
October 17th, 2008 at 03:45
don’t bother lock…he seems enjoying to be a best friend bullier
Among your post…i can merely understand the meaning of “google”
ping is very resembles with “ping pong”
maybe it is somekind of bouncy things regard to networking…
October 16th, 2008 at 20:45
ok I have revised my post, hope you will get it this time.
October 20th, 2008 at 09:35
Sorry ya, don’t know why the stupid commenting system didn't synchronize with my blog. So i have manually import it then only it will show up.
Anyway, u r not totally correct, but u r not wrong. Ping is a tool to check for the presence of another party online by sending packet out and requesting an acknowledgement. Just like ping pong, u send the ball out and ur opponent will play the ball back.
For someone who don’t even know what is msn (i doubt it), i’m impressed that u r able to figured it out.
Come give urself a clap.
October 20th, 2008 at 09:35
Sorry ya, don’t know why the stupid commenting system didn't synchronize with my blog. So i have manually import it then only it will show up.
Anyway, u r not totally correct, but u r not wrong. Ping is a tool to check for the presence of another party online by sending packet out and requesting an acknowledgement. Just like ping pong, u send the ball out and ur opponent will play the ball back.
For someone who don’t even know what is msn (i doubt it), i’m impressed that u r able to figured it out.
Come give urself a clap.
October 20th, 2008 at 17:35
Sorry ya, don’t know why the stupid commenting system didn't synchronize with my blog. So i have manually import it then only it will show up.
Anyway, u r not totally correct, but u r not wrong. Ping is a tool to check for the presence of another party online by sending packet out and requesting an acknowledgement. Just like ping pong, u send the ball out and ur opponent will play the ball back.
For someone who don’t even know what is msn (i doubt it), i’m impressed that u r able to figured it out.
Come give urself a clap.
September 28th, 2009 at 05:02
Firefox doesn't cease to amaze me. Everyday there are new plugins capable of doing all sort of stuff. Even the ability to do ping and tracert is amazing.
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Eddie Petosa – dedicated servers programmer.
September 28th, 2009 at 05:02
Firefox doesn't cease to amaze me. Everyday there are new plugins capable of doing all sort of stuff. Even the ability to do ping and tracert is amazing.
_____________
Eddie Petosa – dedicated servers programmer.
September 28th, 2009 at 13:02
Firefox doesn't cease to amaze me. Everyday there are new plugins capable of doing all sort of stuff. Even the ability to do ping and tracert is amazing.
_____________
Eddie Petosa – dedicated servers programmer.
July 2nd, 2010 at 19:58
Give a look to CoNetServ (Complex Network Services) add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...
It does ping, ping6, traceroute, traceroute6, whois, nslookup commands natively!
July 2nd, 2010 at 19:58
Give a look to CoNetServ (Complex Network Services) add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...
It does ping, ping6, traceroute, traceroute6, whois, nslookup commands natively!