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![]() If you try to ping it, you will always get fast result. Your computer will always have 127.0.0.1 IP address. ![]() The recipient must bounce back the message, and send ECHO_REPLY as an answer. ![]() When you use it on your computer, it sends a specific small packet with the ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to its destination (it could be a server, another computer on the network or a router). Imagine the Ping command as an echo locater. Then you will receive a result for each of them, that indicates if they were successful, how much data was received, the time it took for the response and TTL (Time to live). When you use this command, you will send few echo requests, usually 4. It can show statistic for this request, errors and packet loss. Ping sends Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets to the destination. ![]() You can use it to test if you can reach your target and how much time it will take to do it. Ping is a very universal command between all the operating systems. More examples of Ping command (Windows, Linux and macOS). ![]()
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