what is ping?

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what is ping?..

Answer / prabakaran

ping is a windows network command. it's mainly used to check
that a desired system was connected to this system or not.

for Ex:

in a LAN network if u wish to check ur colleague system was
connected to ur system or not by typing their ip

ex:windows key+r
type: cmd
ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

and also u can check ur system was connected to the internet
or not

ex:

ping www.google.com


Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

if u got the connection u will get reply like the above

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what is ping?..

Answer / arun

Ping is a basic Internet program that allows a user to
verify that a particular IP address exists and can accept
requests. The verb ping means the act of using the ping
utility or command. Ping is used diagnostically to ensure
that a host computer you are trying to reach is actually
operating.

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what is ping?..

Answer / naved akhtar

ping- packet internet gropher which is used to communicating
comuter or router eachother.that is connecting yes or no

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what is ping?..

Answer / sunnybanthiya@gmail.com

packet internet gopher a utility that verify the connecton
to the network the ping command is used icmp protocal to
check the echo request and echo replay packet to determine
to check the ip system on the network is function ping
utility

ping is usefull for digonosing ip network or root failure


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what is ping?..

Answer / kashif.khirwa

PING(packet internet gropher)is a utility through which we can
check and verify the computer to connected in network
it is a command to check the connectivity in network.

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what is ping?..

Answer / althaf

ping is the command used to identify the weather the
network is getting from one pc to another pc....
eg:ping 192.168.1.1

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what is ping?..

Answer / haroon tasleem

The definition of the ping is
Communication between two different machines on a same
layer level is called ping.

and communication mean that when you say hello to someone
and if it reply you then it is called communication.
when you type ping 192.168.0.1 in cmd it will give you this

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

as you see that with that command you sent 4packets(data)to
192.168.0.1 and it reply you and you also received 4 packets
it mean that you say 4 time hello and you got reply 4 times
mean that the communication is in its absolute level.

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what is ping?..

Answer / devender sheoran

PING :- It stands for PACKET INTERNET GROPHER. It is a
network layer protocol.It is use for send a request to
destination for a perticular system connected or not.

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what is ping?..

Answer / guest

no ans.

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