PING!

[MrScorpio]

[JimmyJazz]

1. FREEEEEEEEPER!!!!!!

:P

[ghostsofgiants]

2. PNG

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 8 -J DROP

[matcom]

4. ING

it a financial services company you know

[MrScorpio]

5. PING!

[displacedtexan]

9. Hey, MrScorpio!

I think I'll use that record pic when I smell freeper troll droppings on DU.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

6. That's ok. My firewalls caught it and now I have your IP#.

Let's break into MrScorpio's computer.

JUST KIDDING!

[auntAgonist]

7. PONG!

[zbdent]

8. PONG!

[Democracy White]

10. Um, what's a ping and how do you find them?

No smartass answers please. :D

Dee

[MrScorpio]

11. Peep this

http://www.network-tools.com/help/#ping

[Democracy White]

13. Ok... so how do I do it on the computer from home?

And what is it about freepers and pinging?

Sorry but I am a computer dunderhead.

Dee

[billyskank]

14. Open a command prompt and type

ping 81.96.112.9

[ghostsofgiants]

15. 100% packet loss on that IP for me

[billyskank]

17. Guess my router must be dropping ping requests on the floor

That's probably a good thing. :)

[Democracy White]

16. Ok, how do I open a command prompt?

And could this help me trace where I get my unwanted spam mail?

Dee

[billyskank]

18. I think it's in accessories on your start menu

No, it won't help you trace from whence your spam comes. And also, I've just learned that pinging my router from the outside world has no effect, so that address I gave you is useless for seeing what a ping does.

Essentially when you ping a device, you send it a message that means "are you there?" and the device will be programmed to respond with a "yes, I am here." It's used for testing networks; if you can ping a device on a network then that tells you the network is working.

[billyskank]

12. PING! right back at ya

What sort of response time was that? Any packet loss?