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Utilizing network tools: ping, tracert, and pathping

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Utilizing network tools: ping, tracert, and pathping

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- When troubleshooting network connectivity. The next step after verifying IP information with IP Config is to use the Ping Utility. If a client is having trouble getting out to the internet or just on the network, our first ping it's default gateway. From the Command Line, I simply type ping and the IP address of the default gateway, 192.168.51.1. By default, it will issue four pings and uses 32 bytes per ping, reporting the latency of each ping measured in milliseconds. This is also known as the round trip time, since it measures how long it takes the packet to reach the destination and then return. When the four pings are complete, statistics like how many packets were sent and how many returned as well as the minimum maximum and average latency for the packets are displayed. Sometimes four pings isn't enough to troubleshoot intermittent connectivity issues. To persistently ping a host, all type ping -t and type IP…

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