Are you here because you want to know how to ping ip address in dos terminal using a windows computer like windows xp or windows 7?

well, its very easy just open the DOS terminal

now lets say i want to ping yahoo.com so enter this command:
DOS COMMAND:
ping yahoo.com


now you will get something that looks like this output:

Pinging yahoo.com [69.147.114.224] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 69.147.114.224: bytes=32 time=105ms TTL=46
Reply from 69.147.114.224: bytes=32 time=95ms TTL=46
Reply from 69.147.114.224: bytes=32 time=95ms TTL=46
Reply from 69.147.114.224: bytes=32 time=94ms TTL=46

Ping statistics for 69.147.114.224:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 94ms, Maximum = 105ms, Average = 97ms


now if you want to, you can ping yahoo's ip address instead of the domain name:

DOS COMMAND:
ping 69.147.114.224


the results would look the same:
Pinging 69.147.114.224 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 69.147.114.224: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=46
Reply from 69.147.114.224: bytes=32 time=114ms TTL=46
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 69.147.114.224:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 102ms, Maximum = 114ms, Average = 108ms