Then press Enter.Īctivity 4 - Ping the Host Name Type ping where is the IPv4 address displayed above.Use ipconfig to display the host IP address.This is an alias for the loopback address:Īctivity 3 - Ping the Host IPv4 Address To test host name cache resolution, ping the name localhost. You should see replies indicating success.Īctivity 2 - Ping Localhost To test whether or not TCP/IP is functioning on the local host, first ping the loopback address 127.0.0.1: These activities will show you how to use the ping command to ping a host.Īctivity 1 - Ping Loopback Address The command to ping a host is ping, where is the host name or IP address of the host you want to ping.
4 Activity 3 - Ping the Host IPv4 Address.
