Successfully pinging the loopback address verifies that TCP/IP is installed and configured correctly on the local client.
PING command verifies the existence of a node on a network. Ping command is a command of command line interface . It is used to check if the host is alive or not.
Ping command is used to check the network connectivity. You can use ping command from windows shell only, not from DOS OS as DOS does not supports networking. You can use "-t" switch with ping for continuously network checking.Syntax: Ping Example: ping 192.168.1.15 or ping 192.168.1.15 -t or ping -t 192.168.1.15
Use a command window to run ipconfig /allthen run ping "ipaddress" from the listings.ping 127.0.0.1 is a loopback to test media(Cabling/hubs).
ping is a test command. It sends a "ping" to a specified IP which should ACK back, when the ACK is received the message turnaround time is calculated. If the IP fails to respond it times out and reports failure. You can use this command to verify network connectivity, etc.
To check the network card and its connection.
Command line utilities, (PING, IPCONFIG, TRACE) Microsoft Network Connections Utility
Testing the network card itself involves running a diagnostic program that is usually supplied by the vendor that manufactored the card. For basic network connectivity you can start with the 'ping' command move up from there depending on what is found.
`Ping'' is used for network debugging`ping' sends a single packet
The ping command is to check that an IP address is reachable. the ping command is used to know the active networks and ip address in the network. it also used to self check the address when there is connection trouble with other system. internet control message protocol is used by the ping.
Check to make sure your firewall is not blocking ping ICMP requests on the server. Also, check to see if the clients can ping each other and the default gateway for starters.
"ping" will test for connectivity to a device at the Ethernet Address Level...but that does not mean the device's software is actually talking to the network or responding to the network. "ping" WILL tell you the device is wired up and has power applied to it's network interface board.
request timed out.