Problems with esp8266 '/' in website links

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I have been using the Sparkfunesp8266 library to ping websites. However what I noticed is website with '/' are not recognized or identified by the library. Example if I say esp8266.ping("google.ca") vs esp8266.ping("google.ca/") there is a problem. What can be done?

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arduinoesp8266
You need to try using an esp8266 shield. It worked for me. - marshmellooooooos

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You always ping a host rather than a domain name or so. '/' is not a valid character in a host name - just omit it.