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Ask HN: What short domains do you ping to check a network connection?

by reputet on 5/22/21, 1:49 PM with 5 comments

I usually use x.org. What else is popular and reliable?
  • by quantumofalpha on 5/22/21, 2:40 PM

    8.8.8.8 - google's dns. More reliable, lower ping loss than cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 in my experience.
  • by wexq on 5/22/21, 1:56 PM

    Cloudflare, that is 1.1.1.1 or one.one.one.one if DNS lookup is needed.
  • by tony-allan on 5/22/21, 1:52 PM

    google.com because I don’t like to send traffic like that to smaller websites.