title: Ping request time out although web browser works on same computer
body: <p>I'm on the World Wide Web right now, as evidenced by posting on StackOverflow. However, if I try to <code>ping stackoverflow.com</code> from the command line, the ping times out. What do I need to do for ping to work?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; ping stackoverflow.com
  
  Pinging stackoverflow.com [198.252.206.140] with 32 bytes of data:
  Request timed out.
  Request timed out.
  Request timed out.
  Request timed out.
  
  Ping statistics for 198.252.206.140:
      Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
  </code></pre>
  
  <h1>Edit, try <code>tracert</code></h1>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; tracert stackoverflow.com
  
  Tracing route to stackoverflow.com [198.252.206.140] over a maximum of 30 hops:
  
    1     *        *        *     Request timed out.
    2     *        *        *     Request timed out.
    3     *        *        *     Request timed out.
    4     *        *        *     Request timed out.
    5     *        *        *     Request timed out.
    6     *        *        *     Request timed out.
    7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
    8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
    9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
   10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
   11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
   12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
   13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
   14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
   15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
   ...
   Trace complete.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It's <code>Request timed out.</code> all the way to 30 hops.</p>
  
  <h1>Edit, try <code>ping google.com</code></h1>
  
  <p>Same result. :-)</p>