After pinging apart from the ip address of the server the window in dos mode shows some details of number of packet send, received, lost also some trip time in ms and TTL.What are these things.
2006-08-11 04:18:48 · 8 answers · asked by smartboy_6585 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
These give you some statistics on the address you pinged.
For example:
H:\>ping www.yahoo.com
Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [209.131.36.158] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.131.36.158: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=51
Reply from 209.131.36.158: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=51
Reply from 209.131.36.158: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=51
Reply from 209.131.36.158: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=51
Ping statistics for 209.131.36.158:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 44ms, Average = 32ms
Packets sent indicates the number of data packets your computer sent to the destination computer. In this case your computer sent four ICMP packets to www.yahoo.com. A packet is a package of internet data that holds information such as the IP address of the destination along with user data and other stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet
Packets recieved indicates the number of packets you got back from the computer you where pinging, while packets lost indicates the number of packets that where lost. These lost packets might be because the host didn't respond, or perhaps they got stuck in a loop of routers and their Time To Live (TTL) expired and they "died" before getting back to you.
The approximate round trip times indicates about how long the packets took from your computer to www.yahoo.com and back again in miliseconds (yes, this is fast).
For more information on ping check out this Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping
2006-08-11 04:26:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pinging is a way to test connectivity. When a host computer "pings" a subordinate, it can tell how fast the connection is, and how much loss is going on. Information is sent in packets, and if all of the packet isn't received, then there's something wrong with the connection
2006-08-11 11:25:51 · answer #2 · answered by Capn Jon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"ping" is usually a packet of type ICMP echo request sent by one computer to another. The receiver then sends back an echo reply, assuming it got the request (firewalls sometimes block these packets). The sent, received, lost, and times are pretty much what they say. if you get 100% packet loss then there may be a connection problem between you and the destination computer.
2006-08-11 11:25:42 · answer #3 · answered by Ken H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the time it takes the computer you are pinging from to get the computer you are pinging and back to you. When you ping, you send out a alive massage to the other computer if the computer is on and connected to the same network as you or is connected via a router it will pick the alive message and respond back a reply.
2006-08-11 11:30:47 · answer #4 · answered by nicarta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple pinging is to check the speed of signal eg. you send the signal to a certain place(a known other computer ,server etc.)the time it takes to get there and back is a ping so one knows how fast the signal moves. Think of a radar screen when the ray(eg pointer ) moves over an object(submarine,airoplane etc.) it makes a ping noise to alert and thus the distance and visinty can be calculated. take care
2006-08-11 11:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ping is a tool which tells you your network connectivity.
number of packets are the packets which are sent to the other computer. these packets contain your information, destination information, error codes etc. packets received are the number of packets received from the destination end. they carry the same infomation. packet lost is self explanatory
2006-08-11 11:24:43 · answer #6 · answered by Yanky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pining gives u details of ur intenet connection.From how days ur using this and how much bytes etc.Main function of ping is to conncet server and ur computer.Web service provider can say by using ur ping they can be say that whether u r connection is running or not.
2006-08-11 11:27:40 · answer #7 · answered by Nazia A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a simplified non technical answer
think of it as your computer sending a file to the other computer you are pinging. the details tell you how many files your computer sent, how many files the other computer got and how many it lost, and the time it took to get there
2006-08-11 11:24:15 · answer #8 · answered by flyatvne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋