
This shows the results from each individual ping, with their round trip time in milliseconds.ĥ packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss If you can, great! If not, you can use traceroute to investigate what's happening at every step between your device and the destination. It's basically a quick, easy way to verify that you can reach a destination on the internet. It sends a request and waits for a reply (which it receives if the destination responds back within the timeout period). Ping uses ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) Echo messages to see if a remote host is active or inactive, how long a round trip message takes to reach the target host and return, and any packet loss. It's useful for tracing network problems, discovering where connections fail, and tracking down latency problems. Traceroute is a command you use to 'trace' the route that a packet takes when traveling to its destination.

Ping is a simple command that can test the reachability of a device on the network.

Ping and traceroute are common commands you can use to troubleshoot network problems.
