What a non-responding server looks like in a Linux terminal.
Alternatively, if your server replied with the correct IP address, then you can
exhale in relief and move on to step five.
Note that there are plenty of websites such as Network-Tools.com that
allow you to ping websites. However, using the command line will impress
your colleagues more, and it is good practice for the methods in the rest of
this article.
3. How Bad Is It?
If your ping command has timed out, then chances are your whole server
has crashed, or the network has broken down between you and the server.
If you enjoy grabbing at straws, then there is a small chance that the server
is still alive and has blocked the ping request for security reasons —
namely, to prevent hackers from finding out it exists. So, you can still