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The ping command is one of the most helpful network diagnostic tools at your disposal. It’s useful for finding problems both on your local network and on the wider internet. Let’s look at what the ping command does and how to use it.

What Does It Mean to Ping Something?

To “ping” something on a network means that you send an internet packet to a destination computer or other network device, asking for a response.

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That device then sends a packet back to you. 

When the packet comes back (if it makes it back, that is) you can learn all sorts of interesting things about the network between yourself and the destination. 

Most commonly, we simply want to know how long the reply takes.

So when someone mentions the “ping” of (for example) a website, it’s usually expressed in milliseconds, with a lower number being better in general.

What Is an Internet Packet?

To better understand ping, you need to know a little about the packet you’re sending to the target computer or network device as a “ping.” 

Packets are the fundamental units of the modern internet.

When you

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