Ping

Measure response time and packet loss to a host

What is ping? Ping measures how quickly a server responds and whether any requests get lost along the way. Browsers can't send real ICMP packets, so this tool times HTTPS/HTTP round trips instead — it works reliably from any browser without special permissions, including sites served through Cloudflare.
Enter an IP or domain above to get started.

Times HTTPS/HTTP round trips rather than classic ICMP — works on virtually any live website, including ones behind Cloudflare, since browsers can't send raw ICMP packets anyway.

How this ping works

Browsers and Cloudflare Workers can’t send ICMP packets, so this tool times HTTP(S) requests instead: it tries HTTPS first and falls back to plain HTTP. Because a web request includes setting up the connection and the server’s reply, the times are usually a little higher than a classic ICMP ping.

The requests start from the Cloudflare data centre nearest to you, so the result shows how quickly the target answers from your region — not from your own computer.

Reading the result

Lower is better. Inside the same country 10–40 ms is typical; Europe to the US east coast is around 80–120 ms. Times that jump around a lot, or requests that fail, point to an overloaded server or a congested path — run a traceroute to see where.

100% loss on an IP address?

A device can be online and still not run a website on that address — a router, a firewall or a mail server, for example. This tool needs a web server to answer, so use the port scan to see which services the address does offer.