The Command Prompt can't function as an Internet browser, and you can't really open a website from the command line without launching a browser, but it has some useful tools. One such tool is the Ping ...

ping is a diagnostic tool used for verifying connectivity between two hosts on a network. It sends Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request packets to a remote IP address and watches for ...

Derek Schauland explains how the newly added Sysinterals PSPing utility provides an easy ping test, but also comes with additional features. The PS utilities in the Sysinternals Suite from Microsoft ...