Yahoo IP Address Ranges
Yahoo’s addresses span several IP ranges. To find the specific IP address that your network contacts to reach Yahoo, use the tracert command in a command prompt in Windows, like this: tracert yahoo.com This will return something like: Tracing route to yahoo.com [206.190.36.45] On a Mac, type this command in a Terminal window: traceroute yahoo.com
How to Ping Yahoo.com
The address that shows up from the tracert/traceroute command is the one to ping to get to Yahoo. Here’s an example: tracert 206.190.36.45 To ping Yahoo and make sure the website is still accessible from your network, enter this into a command prompt using the IP address tracert gave you: ping [206.190.36.45]
Other Solutions to Reach Yahoo
Here are a few other troubleshooting steps to take if you can’t bring up a specific site such as Yahoo.com:
Flush your DNS cache if you suspect the website is working but not loading on your computer. Check the site on your phone or another computer. Restart your computer or your router, which often solves mystery problems. Try a different browser. Some browser add-ons and extensions can disrupt a connection to a website. Temporarily disable your antivirus program. Some antivirus programs slow down the browser as they check what’s going on behind the scenes. If a website takes too long to load, the connection can time out.
What’s an IP Address?
An IP address is a unique identifying number for a device on a network.
