{"id":647,"date":"2013-01-11T14:48:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T14:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.com\/hosting-faqs\/?p=647"},"modified":"2018-05-11T11:13:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T11:13:23","slug":"understanding-ping-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/understanding-ping-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Ping Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Packet INternet Gropher (mostly known as ping) uses the ICMP protocol&#8217;s mandatory ECHO_REQUEST datagram to elicit an ICMP ECHO_RESPONSE from a host or gateway. ECHO_REQUEST datagrams (&#8216;pings&#8217;) have an IP and ICMP header, followed by a struct timeval and then an arbitrary number of &#8220;pad&#8221; bytes used to fill out the packet.<\/p>\n<p>We use ping mostly to check the connectivity between servers\/client machines, network devices (routers &amp; switches). When performing a ping to any device, different responses are received. Let&#8217;s understand them in detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Destination host unreachable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The above response means the issue is with your machine&#8217;s network. Either a network card is not attached\/installed OR network cable is not connected properly. Start to check from your network adapter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reply from 192.168.1.1: Destination net unreachable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are connected to a modem OR in a network, the above response means the network device is unreachable. The network device can either be a modem, switch OR your router.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Request timed out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The above message states that the remote machine\/server is not responding. It can be down, not in the network, etc. It can also be due to ICMP requests disabled OR your IP blocked\/blacklisted in the server firewall. Contact your system administrator OR <a title=\"web hosting provider\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web hosting provider<\/a> to delist\/unblock it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reply from xx.xx.xx.xx: bytes=32 time=574ms TTL=50<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The above response means that the remote machine\/server is accessible over the network. The time you receive this response, machine\/server &amp; services can be accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding the ping response will help you to troubleshoot the issues in a better way &amp; in right direction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/perform-ping-checks-windows\/\">How To Perform Ping Checks In Windows?<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/ping-tell-server-online\/\">Ping, how to tell if a server is online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Packet INternet Gropher (mostly known as ping) uses the ICMP protocol&#8217;s mandatory ECHO_REQUEST datagram to elicit an ICMP ECHO_RESPONSE from a host or gateway. ECHO_REQUEST datagrams (&#8216;pings&#8217;) have an IP and ICMP header, followed by a struct timeval and then an arbitrary number of &#8220;pad&#8221; bytes used to fill out the packet. 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