You can check by ping the domain name in your command prompt (or) Terminal.
Then ping the domain:
1) Open a command prompt. Assuming you have Windows, click Start --> Run, then type cmd and press Enter.
2) Type the following into the command prompt: ping YOURDOMAIN.COM
3) Press Enter
You should see, among other things lines something like this:
Reply from IPADDRESS: bytes=33 time=6ms TTL=56
Reply from IPADDRESS: bytes=33 time=6ms TTL=56
Reply from IPADDRESS: bytes=33 time=6ms TTL=56
Reply from IPADDRESS: bytes=33 time=8ms TTL=56