Networking - What is PING utility?

radhika_btech · 23-01-07, 10:12 PM

What is <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">PING</st1:place> utility? <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

muralipn · 19-07-07, 08:52 PM

Hi

PING is used to see whether the remote host is reachable or not.

krishnareddy · 19-07-07, 11:20 PM

Just Check this below link. There is a detaiiled explanation of wht is Ping

Ping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

live_wire · 27-07-07, 09:01 AM

"Ping (Packet Internet Groper) uses ICMP echo messages to check the physical and logical
connectivity of machines / devices on an internetwork."

short, easy and to the point :)

nkumar · 07-02-08, 02:16 PM

ping is used to check wheathe the remote device is working are not. Generally in realtime environment network administrators use to deny the ping (Icmp traffic) because of security threat .If ping works all the OSI layers are working properly .

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