How to ping when behind a proxy?
Problem
I am using an HTTP proxy server to connect to the internet. Because of that my pings are not working says Unreachable Host How can I configure to use the HTTP proxy?
Error Output
ping www.google.com
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Fix for: How to ping when behind a proxy?
In general you can't. needs a direct network connection on the IP level to do its work. A proxy works on a higher layer of the TCP/IP network model, where there is no direct access to the IP protocol. You would need to somehow circumvent the proxy (change firewall settings, use a VPN, ...). Whether this is possible (and allowed) depends on your network configuration, but it's probably not possible. As a workaround, there are many web-based ping services available (search for "web-based ping"). …
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