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What exactly PING command does???

pRaSoOn (Articled assistant) (500 Points)

13 March 2008

Friends I know the basic that ping helps in launching webpages but how exactly it happens and why is it used????

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Dhara (CA) (204 Points)
Replied 13 March 2008

PING STANDS FOR PERSONAL INTERNET GROPHER WHICH SHOWS & GIVES REPLY TO YOU THAT WHETHER U R CONNECTED TO UR INTERNET CONNECTION OR NOT. JUST ASK UR PROVIDER. HE WILL GIVE U 3 PINGS. ONE SHOWS WHETHER U R CONNECTED TO UR MODEM. 2ND SHOWS WHETHER U R CONNECTED TO UR LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER & 3 RD SHOWS WHETHER U R CONNECTED TO MAIN SERVER OF UR ISP I.E. IF BSNL THAN BANGLORE JUST GO TO RUN & TYPE 3 PINGS ONE BY ONE U CAN KNOW

kartik_somu (B.Com, ACA, CISA, CIMA) (1665 Points)
Replied 14 March 2008

1. Short for Packet InterNet Groper, ping is a utility used to verify if a network data packet is capable of being distributed to an address without errors. The ping utility is commonly used to check for network errors.

2. In computer gaming, a ping, also known as a high ping or low ping, is a measurement of how fast the connection to the game server the player has. For example, a player with a low 50 ping is going to have a better game experience than a player with a high 250 ping.

Options:
-t Pings the specified host until stopped.

To see statistics and continue - type Control-Break;

To stop - type Control-C.

-a Resolve addresses to hostnames.

-n count Number of echo requests to send.

-l size Send buffer size.

-f Set Don't Fragment flag in packet.

-i TTL Time To Live.

-v TOS Type Of Service.

-r count Record route for count hops.

-s count Timestamp for count hops.

-j host-list Loose source route along host-list.

-k host-list Strict source route along host-list.

-w timeout Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each
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pRaSoOn (Articled assistant) (500 Points)
Replied 14 March 2008

Ohhh thanks....i got a lot more then i thought i would get....CA's are intelligent...its proved.

kartik_somu (B.Com, ACA, CISA, CIMA) (1665 Points)
Replied 19 March 2008

Not only CA's, everyone are intelligent.

Whatever u want, ask me.

I will do my best to help u.

Priyanka Kala (Student CA & CS) (1397 Points)
Replied 29 May 2008

Yup

Swathi (Faculty) (186 Points)
Replied 01 June 2008

Hi all,

PING is used to know whether the computers in the network are connected properly or not for data transfer.

example: Suppose there is some error in transfer of data from one system to other in a LAN(say). Then you check using a PING command. If there is no reply, then there is a problem in network connection else error is somewhere else.