What Is a Ping? Ping Instructions to Test the Network and Explain the

This guide explains a Ping? Ping Instructions to Test the Network and Explain the, why it matters, how it works, and how to evaluate or use it in practical situations.

What is a ping?

Ping (Packet Internet Grouper) is a utility that helps determine if a network data packet when transmitting to an address fails. Ping is often used to measure network latency when two devices are connected to each other, this is the concern gamers have to know the network is stable, does not cause jerky, lag when playing games.

The Ping command is useful when used to check the access status of some devices on the Internet. Ping helps you identify:

• Is the server working?
• Time to communicate with the server.
• How many packets are lost when communicating with the target device.

Use ping to test the network

Step 1: You press Windows + R key combination to open the Run dialog box, type cmd and OK to open the cmd window.

Step 2: Use the Ping command on the cmd, enter the ping + IP address (or hostname) of the computer or server.

For example, to Ping according to the network operators, you enter:

• Viettel : ping 203.113.131.1
• FPT : ping 210.245.31.130
• VNPT : ping 203.162.4.190

To Ping by domain name, for example:

• ping www. bing. com
• ping www. google. com

After entering the command, press Enter.

Parameters you need to consider include:

• Bytes = 32 : The ping packet to the host is 32 bytes in size
• Time : The response time from the host you pinged. When you send the ping command to check if the host is active, if it works, the host will respond to you. The less this time means the stronger the connection.
• TTL (Time to Live) : The live time of the packet. Every time a packet goes through a route it will be reduced by 1 unit. When the value of TTL drops to zero and the packet has yet to reach the destination, it will be discarded. The Supported operating systems of different destination hosts also determines different TTL numbers.
• If you see the message Request timed out , it means that the destination host has disconnected or the Firewall blocked the packet.

Thus, the Software Division has defined what it is to help you ping and how to ping to test the network. Wish you practice public!