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Ping is one of the most useful network debugging tools available. The first pingprogram was written by Mike Muuss in December 1983 for use on Unix machines. Muussnamed his program after the sonar sounds used for echolocation by submarines,although some say ping stands for "Packet InterNet Grouper". Ping sends a smallpacket of information containing an ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to a specified computer,which then sends an ECHO_REPLY packet in return. The ping program then evaluatesthis reply, and a report is shown. You can check several things with the pingprogram: can you reach another computer, how long does it take to bounce a packetoff of another site (what is the distance), ... You can ping either a domain name,or an IP address. Functionality to show domain names when using IP addresses issupported. Even routing options are available, alas only 9 routes can be shown dueto the structure of the IP header (RFC 792). Why did I write my own ping program?There are two main reasons: a) It wanted to know how the ping program worked. Ifound it really intriguing and was very curious and b) There was a need for abetter ping program here at the lab where I work.
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