Bir host adresinin IP'si , ping komutuyla öğrenilebilir. Örneğin www.fibiler.com adresine aşağıdaki gibi ping yapıldığında IP bilgisi alınmış olur:
>ping www.fibiler.com
Pinging fibiler.com [213.128.89.194] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 213.128.89.194: bytes=32 time=571ms TTL=56
Reply from 213.128.89.194: bytes=32 time=608ms TTL=56
Reply from 213.128.89.194: bytes=32 time=615ms TTL=56
Reply from 213.128.89.194: bytes=32 time=530ms TTL=56
Ping statistics for 213.128.89.194:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 530ms, Maximum = 615ms, Average = 581ms
