I am unable to ping to my own server. Is it still working?

If you are unable to ping to your server, it does not necessarily mean that it is no longer working!

All Hostbasket dedicated (and shared) servers are protected by a firewall that does not allow pinging. We do this in order to protect your server against hackers. Hackers often ping a large number of IP addresses and if they get a response, they proceed by hacking the responding server