The Ping test sends a packet off a machine on the Internet and returns it to the sender. This test shows if the firewall is able to contact the remote host. If users on the LAN are having problems accessing services on the Internet, try pinging the DNS server, or another machine at the ISP location. If the test is unsuccessful, try pinging devices outside of the ISP. If you can ping devices outside of the ISP, then the problem lies with the ISP connection.
To ping an IP address