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Ping is a command used to test the accessibility of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network using Internet Control Message Protocol and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination host. These activities will show you how to use the ping command. A computer in order to answer to ping request has to be available and configured to answer to ping/ICMP request.

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