Top "Ping" questions

Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer.

Why I can't ping Azure VM from my local PC

I have a Windows VM on Azure and I don't understand why my ping times out. I found a probable …

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How to ping in JavaScript or jQuery?

I want to create a game-like ping in Javascript, just like the game Counter Strike for example. I'm doing an …

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Why does `ping` not timeout in Linux?

I just figured out, that ping on a Linux platform (Ubuntu 13.10) does not timeout as described. I tried ping -w 2 …

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Faster host discovery with nmap?

I need to launch a background network device discovery process from a script on a regular basis, and it needs …

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Convert Test-Connection into Boolean

I am using Powershell version 2, so I am unable to use Ping-Host as explained here Is there a way to …

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iOS - Ping with timeout

I'm using Apple's "Simple Ping" example and it has almost all features that I need, but I don't know where …

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Batch Script - Ping Address - Write to file if failure

I want to ping an IP address every 5 seconds. If the ping fails, write the date and time to a …

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Why Google public DNS(8.8.8.8)'s ping latency so low?

I use just-ping to ping Google public DNS server, which IP is 8.8.8.8. just-ping can ping a host from 50 locations worldwide. …

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Get the ping from a remote target with Qt (Windows/Linux)

Currently I use this code for retrieving the ping of a target system. However it works so far only under …

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best Alternative for InetAddress.getByName(host).isReachable(timeout)

I am trying to reach a host and have the following code if(!InetAddress.getByName(host).isReachable(TIMEOUT)){ throw new …

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