Ping website

[sohate]

Hello! Is there any way to ping a website (https://instagram.com, for example) instead IP (1.1.1.1)?

[alin23]

Hi! No, websites are not pingable. Ping works by sending a special kind of packet, very small in bandwidth and super fast. To "ping" a website, you'd need to do a full HTTPS request with TLS encryption, which is too expensive for what this app aims to do.

You can try our Crank app which has support for polling websites like that if you want.

If you do decide to try Crank, here's the link for importing the rule from the above screenshot: Notify when Instagram is unreachable

[sohate]

Thanks for clarifying.