TCP of course because both programs check integrity of sent packages and the delivery status it can be accomplished with TCP (UDP does not support such features).
A ping command is used to check whether the host is alive or not. A ping command is used when you want to check if the host can send or receive packets. The protocol that is responsible for Ping command is ICMP.
It depends on which networking protocol you are asking about. For TCP/IP, some of the common commands are: ping netstat ifconfig route traceroute
An echo-request is a sort of ICMP (Internet Control Messaging Protocol). This protocol is used to check and control the IP packet traffic.For example, ping and traceroute packets are echo requests.
Packet Internet Groper(PING) is an Internet Control Message Protocol(ICMP) request packet for it's working. ICMP packets are used to check networks are live or not. -- By MYNarutoAnime ----
ICMP is the "Internet Control Message Protocol". ICMP packets are small packets used in local networks and on the Internet, most typically, for network troubleshooting and problem location. ICMP may be used for reporting the route packets are taking to reach an arbitrary destination either locally or on the Internet or to determine if a particular local or Internet connected device is reachable and/or responding. Various operating systems make use of the ICMP protocol for the above mentioned purposes via utilities such as 'traceroute' and 'ping' in the UNIX/Linux world, or 'tracert' and 'ping' in the Windows world. [JMH]
ping -n 8 destination
TCP\IP protocol is run by ping i.e Ping 132.125.12.1 -t will ping the status of device whether healthy or unhealthy The "ping" command is an ICMP (internet Control Management Protocol) control packet. Many websites disallow this type packet, so beware.
A ping command is to checks whether the client can send or receive packets . A Ping Flood can be defined as an attempt by an attacker on a high bandwidth connection . It is to saturate a network with packets in order to slow the traffic .
"Ping uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo function which is detailed in RFC 792"http://www.activexperts.com/activsocket/tutorials/ping/So the short answer is that it uses the ICMP protocol.
ping commands checks status of upper layer of osi models
For a Microsoft Windows computer: ping -n 9 For a Linux computer: ping -c 9
ping uses the ICMP protocol.