i know its done when you cant access the internet and it shows if its received packets or lost packets...but what does exactly does it tell you about the computer that helps with troubleshooting? doesnt it just tell you you dont have an internet connection, which u already know sine you cant get online?
2007-01-31 19:14:58 · 6 answers · asked by spdy 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
your ping is the electrical pathway to where ever you are on line ///explored by a sonar like sound generated to measure if the info is using that pathway unencumbered.thats why bad connection (too many detours) is higher ping and the round trip for your info is high=taking longer to communicate. same theory as sonar or radar.packets are condensed info traveling along that oute i just described.
2007-01-31 19:29:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What it tells you is if you have a connection from your computer to the address of the 'other' computer. So if you ping something in your ISP and it doesn't respond you know your connection to the ISP is broken and you know that your connection is broken. If you ping something and it gets through then you know your connection works and it's something else that's broken. For instance, if I can ping a server but can't log on, it might be that name resolution is broken (which is your ISP's problem... or somewhere above them). If you can ping your ISP'd mail server but can't pick up your mail you've maybe got something wrong with your mail client.
It's a tool for problem resolution. It tells you / the support people that the bit of wire from you to them works.
2007-01-31 19:30:37 · answer #2 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pinging shows for:1) Internet and for network between multiple computers are connected or not. Test pinging to know packets r receiving or not (internet connection).
2007-01-31 19:28:24 · answer #3 · answered by "K u m A r" 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You ping to see where the connection broke. First ping your router, then your ISP's website, then somewhere else like www.cnn.com.
If they all ping then you are OK.
It can also tell you if a particular website or computer is down.
2007-01-31 19:23:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ping measures the return trip of data packets from your 'puter to the one you ping.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping
2007-01-31 19:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by C J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can tell you if there's just a problem with the IP or site you're trying to access for one thing.
2007-01-31 19:23:05 · answer #6 · answered by legaleye2005 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋