Can anyone tell me in laymen's terms (or moron's terms) what ping.com does? I'd appreciate it!
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Can anyone tell me in laymen's terms (or moron's terms) what ping.com does? I'd appreciate it!
PING - Packet Internet Gropping
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Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer.
Usage of Ping:
Enter the word ping, followed by a space, then the domain name. For example:
ping www.google.com
If the results show a series of replies, the connection is working. The time shows you how fast the connection is. If you see a "timed out" error instead of a reply, there is a breakdown somewhere between your computer and the domain. In this case; the next step would be to perform a traceroute.