Checking for an Internet connection via the command line is a fairly simple action that even ordinary, not very literate users can do.
If the page of the site you are interested in does not open or some program for transferring data via the Internet, an online game does not work, it is important to independently check the availability of an Internet connection so as not to spend money on calling a specialist. This can be done in different ways, but the simplest and most error-free to me seems to be the use of the command line.
It is very easy to invoke the command line in Windows. It is enough to select the "Run" item in the "Start" menu and enter cmd into it in Latin letters. A window will open in which you can enter the required commands.
After the prompt C: / Windows / Sistem32> you need to write ping and the address of the site or computer, the connection to which you want to check, press the Enter button. Example of command input: ping yandex.ru. You can also write not the site address in the usual form, but directly the ip-address of the computer or site (it looks like a set of numbers of something like this - 192.168.0.0).
ping is a program that sends a packet to a specified address and then receives it back. By the way, while the program is running, besides other information, you can see the ip-address of the site, if you wrote its address in the usual form. For example, the ip-address of the site yandex.ru is 213.180.193.56
The result of these actions will be the response time of the site or computer. The smaller it is, the better. Please note that if you have a high-speed connection, the ping to such well-known sites as yandex.ru, mail.ru and the like should be quite small (in the region of 10-20 ms). You can also see that the address you are looking for is not reached, that is, the timeout will be exceeded or the address is not found. This happens for two reasons. First, the pinged address is not available (does not work or blocks requests). Secondly, the dns server used is not available (does not work). It is impossible to solve the first problem on the part of the user, while the second can be solved using the public dns servers of Yandex or Google. If the problem cannot be eliminated in this way, then you should contact the provider.
the speed of the Internet can be affected by viruses that you accidentally or deliberately launched on your computer. Check with your antivirus program before calling your provider!
