what is ping?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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