What is a Ping or ICMP Packet?
A ‘Ping’ is a technique for sending an ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) packet(s) to a remote host. If the remote host is up, and supports ICMP, a control message, or packet, will be sent back to the sender. This technique provides a mechanism for feedback about communication problems in a networked environment. aspNetPing abstracts this mechanism in an easy to use manner for the programmer.
Related Questions
- I created a ping packet in Simulation Mode and ran it. Why do I still see packets/frames (like CDP) running on the network after the ping process is completed?
- WireShark reports that the ICMP checksums generated by the Unix ping application are wrong. What is going on!?
- Ethereal reports that the ICMP checksums generated by the unix ping application are wrong. What is going on!?
