Questions tagged [ping]
A utility available on all operating systems that helps test network connectivity.
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Centos 7 - ping (connect: Network is unreachable)
I set up a CentOS virtual machine, it is connected to my network, and I tried to ping other machines but nothing worked. Tried to check other machines, they among themselves without problems respond. ...
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If I ping whateversite.com, what host am I pinging?
I have this lingering doubt regarding DNS, please excuse the basicness of the question.
If I ping www.whateversite.com, I'm pinging the www host in the whateversite.com domain, right?
If I ping ...
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Unable to ping or use VPN when connected to a 5G router
I am using a Zyxel FWA510 router. It's a 5G router and I use my Telekom 5G sim with it.
After I start up the router and connect my Laptop (Macbook Pro 2021) through wifi with it. I cannot do the ...
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Virtualbox Cant ping VMs in same LAN
I have two hosts, with each of them running a single VM in VirtualBox, located in the same home LAN.
I have set bridged adapters for both VMs and the source IP address has the same subnet assigned as ...
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Can no longer ping router, 8.8.8.8 or gain internet access after removing Norton
I'm at a total loss.
removed Norton with their removal tool.
lost all internet access
did a netsh int ip reset still no internet and I cannot even ping my router or 8.8.8.8 - error message is General ...
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ping fail "icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable"
In NAT mode, the virtual machine fails to ping the host, but the host can ping the virtual machine, and the virtual machine can also be connected to the Internet. Various settings have been made. It ...
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On my Mac, I can "nsloookup hostname" but I can't ping it?
Mac OS Ventura 13.3.1
I've read other questions regarding "Can ping IP but not hostname" and the answers are all related to the DNS. In my case I believe my DNS is set up correctly. Also, I'...
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powershell check VPN connection
I am working on a script to suggest the best vpn server for the client
I want to know if the vpn server is now Available through powershell
Example:
ping my.vpnserver.com
if errorlevel 1 echo The VPN ...
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computer can ping to router lan ip from outside
I have a problem that I'm trying to solve
I have a computer with this IP address
10.0.0.1 / 255.255.255.0
and a router in the same network
the wan IP is: 10.0.0.5 / 255.255.255.0
and the LAN IP is: ...
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VirtualBox Guest VM (win7) cant ping Host PC (win10) - Bridged connection
My virtualbox Win7 VM can ping the rest of the devices on my home network however the only machine it cannot is the HOST pc. I have tried to ping the VM from various other machines and all of them ...
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What causes IPv6 ping of linux guest to drop packets in cyclical fashion on Win 10?
I'm trying to ping a linux virtual machine from a Win 10 host. IPv4 works perfectly fine, but trying to use a local IPv6 address drops packets cyclically in the following pattern.
Does anybody have an ...
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Laptop replies to ping in sleep mode
Recently I got new company laptop with Windows 11 and noticed weird behaviour. When the computer is in sleep mode (screen blank, power led slowly fades in and out) the laptop still replies to network ...
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Temporary drops in network in LAN
I have several devices, including AP, router, Raspberry Pis and computers, connected to 8 socket 1Gb switch.
I have the following picture when pinging
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.31.1: bytes=...
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Network configuration issue: domain resolving to wrong IP address on M1 MacBook Pro
I have a strange network configuration issue on my M1 MacBook Pro running macOS Ventura 13.2.1.
When I try to ping or access the my development domain example.com (domain is an example, dns settings ...
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One IP is not reachable unless creating a dummy route
One host can ping everything but one other host.
Let's say that I've 4 hosts in my network:
My Internet Box (Gateway) : 192.168.0.100
My Ubuntu machine : 192.168.0.1
My RPi machine : 192.168.0.2
My ...
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Unable to ping device with Jumbo Packets (MTU 9000) - Default ping error message, not because of MTU [duplicate]
@Admins: the question linked addresses a different problem. My issue is specific to the fact that ping doesn't return a MTU too small message but a general fail message, pointing to a problem ...
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ping - Destination Host Unreachable on my machine, but works on other machines
i am using debian, i used to ssh to a machine 172.21.128.61 inside my local network a few weeks ago, probably after the updates i cannot ssh into that machine again, ssh username@172.21.128.61 shows:
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DNS incorrectly responds with 127.0.0.1 for dnslog.cn
I have a every odd DNS issue.
dnslog.cn seems to point to 127.0.0.1 no matter which public dns I use.
Anything hosted at localhost seems to accessible at http://dnslog.cn.
The behavior is same on ...
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Ping 8.8.8.8 returned "Reply from [IP of modem]: destination net unreachable"
I am using Windows 10 and having issues with my Wi-Fi dropping out sporadically, sometimes up to 10 times during an hour. I have performed a ping test while being directly connected to the modem ...
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Cant ping my home router from remote 4g router
first time to post here. I m trying to setup a VPN connection from a westermo 4g router thats at a remote site to my tp-link router vpn. But I have noticed that I can not even ping my vpn router from ...
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Terrible Network Performance in Games
For a start, my packet loss is very minimal, around 0.1%, and my ping is 10 ms on average. But when I play games or do something ping-sensitive, I lag so much that it's unplayable (I have the right ...
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Printer gets IP from dhcpd but can't be pinged?
My dhcpd server sees the printer on the LAN. It receives a DISCOVER, and will assign it an IP:
dhcpd[1378]: DHCPOFFER on 10.1.0.11 to 00:26:73:75:a8:79 via br0
dhcpd[1378]: DHCPREQUEST for 10.1.0.11 (...
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How to ping WSL from another machine
I am using a PC with Windows 10 Home with WSL2 Ubuntu installed, and I would like to ping my WSL instance from my laptop. Because WSL uses a NAT virtual adapter, it's not on the same network as the ...
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High ping when playing any game
Currently, I am using a TP-Link AV-4220 as my powerline as my room is the furthest away from the main router. I am connected to it through an ethernet cable. I use Virgin Media as my ISP, but they are ...
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What can be the reason for random intermittent connections?
I have been getting random intermittent internet connections on few particular devices. Let us call these PC1, PC2 and Mobile1.
PC1 and PC2 are wired connections and Mobile1 uses wireless connection.
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How to configure Modem and Router allows devices ping from different subnets in a mesh network setup?
I'm having trouble with my network and need some help.
I have a modem and three home gateway routers set up as a mesh network, with one acting as the controller and the other two as agents. My modem ...
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Change in 'hosts' file responds to ping but refuses to connect on any browser
I'm currently working on a project where I need to emulate the live site's URL's in order to properly communicate between the projects site, projects browser extension, and the projects database. To ...
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Changing the route to a specific IP adress
I have the issue of having high ping in an online video game(Final Fantasy XIV), while having normal ping doing anything else. As far as I understand the reason for it is that my router is taking a ...
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`ping -c` in Windows: output error `Bad value for option -c.`
I am learning ping utility in Windows 10 and when I try to run command in shell:
ping -c 3 example.com
I get the result:
Access denied. Option -c requires administrative privileges.
After executing ...
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How to use "nmap" to get those IP addresses that respond to a ping?
On a Ubuntu VM (running on windows) I want to use nmap to list all IP's that respond to a ping. I tried
sudo nmap -sP 192.168.200.0/24
sudo nmap -sn 192.168.200.*
which incorrectly state for every IP ...
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ssh and ping work in one direction but not in the other
Two machines, say, old and new, are in the same local network and connected via WiFi to the same router (Speedport). Both old and new run Debian stable, have openssh-client and openssh-server (but not ...
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Trying to colour code the output of tracert within powershell - not working as expected
I'm trying to colour the lines green, yellow and red within powershell depending on the latency in milliseconds. Our remote workflow dictates that anything over 40ms is bad, so I want this to be ...
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Why pinging device under VPN succeeds?
There are two devices connected to the same LAN network:
A with IP 192.168.1.1,
B with IP 192.168.1.0.
I connected B through VPN (WireGuard if that matters) exposed externally (B on server - BS - ...
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LAN computer error when i try to ping: timeout
Hello everyone.
I am trying to ping a local connected computer (PC 2).
Both PCs are WIN 10 and are connected to the router; PC 1 is connected via Wireless and PC 2 is connected via Ethernet.
When I ...
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tcping doesn't work but DNS: Could not find host error
I need to measure Windows remote desktop latency for various cases, e.g. over a VPN, over a SSH tunneling, direct connecting etc; For that I found that a tool called tcping is good for it.
So I ...
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Periodic Temporary ping timeouts from some WiFi clients
I'm seeing some odd behavior that I'm trying to isolate on my home network. And if this post belongs in a more specific manufacturer section, please lmk.
ASUS ZenWiFi AX XT8s
one main router with two ...
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Internet works through a router but not when connected directly to the ethernet port in macbook pro
I'm in an engineering college and we connect to internet via proxy servers.
We have an ethernet port in each room to connect to the internet.
I have an ubuntu pc and I can use an RJ45 cable to connect ...
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How to Debug ping / telnet takes time to resolve the host
If I ping a dns record like ping google.com it'll take 4 seconds before getting the first request then it's instant, same for telnet.
but if I ping 142.250.201.174 it's instant.
I don't know how to ...
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Setup new router with SQM - Buffer Bloating solution
Scenario. I'm in Tbilisi, Georgia. I have very high ping to EU servers (100ms+) plus a huge buffer bloating problem, this test gave me the F rank: https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat
I use an ...
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Pinging server from VPN tunnel showing `Request timeout for icmp_seq`
I am successfully connected to a VPN tunnel to a router. I am trying to ping a server on this LAN with ping 192.168.1.113. This is returning:
PING 192.168.1.113 (192.168.1.113): 56 data bytes
Request ...
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Ping spikes when pinging router
Is it normal to get some spikes while pinging the router?
Normally I get some spikes of max 15ms and I am using a wired connection, this doesn't seems to be right.
My interface is a gigabit, my cable ...
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Windows - sharing connection to WinTun interface - ping fails with protocol unreachable
I'm trying to access the network from the Windows app which creates TUN interface connection.
Windows 10 Home Edition.
TUN interface created with https://www.wintun.net/ project example code.
When ...
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Why is it not possible to ping a local IP when connected to Mozilla VPN?
OS is Windows 10 and there are 5 network interfaces:
Mozilla VPN
IP 10.109.17.243
Subnet mask 255.255.255.255
Default gateway 0.0.0.0
WiFi 1 not connected
WiFi 2 not connected
WiFi 3
IP 192.168.178....
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vagrant radical change in connectivity - cannot ping or ssh 192.168.x.x yet `vagrant ssh` does work
SOLUTION: a restart of the computer seemed to clear out any residual conflict on IP addresses
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I have a business MacBook and a personal MacBook. Within the last 8 hours since I was working on ...
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How to measure the latency to a webserver?
I wish to measure the TCP network latency from my Linux server, to a websocket URL.
I am using netperf like this:
netperf -H ws.the_websocket_url.com -l 5 -t TCP_STREAM -v 2 -- -o min_latency,...
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How do ping packets get to the ping utility in a NATed network? [duplicate]
I did this test from two PCs at home that are connected to a typical SOHO router, so the router is doing Network Address Translation.
I pinged successfully an IP address from the two computers:
ping 8....
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Windows 11 home on a new laptop can't ping wifi router and other machines on the same wifi network
I have the issue only with one machine: I have an 8550u laptop, a 5800x desktop, then a new 12700H laptop.
The issue is only with the 12700H laptop: from this laptop, I can't ping the wifi router at ...
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Why is google and youtube slow for me and is there a way I can fix it?
I am wondering why specifically google and youtube are slow and if there is anything I can try to fix it
below I ping, google.com, youtube.com, superuser.com, and yahoo.com and you can see google.com ...
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Debian Server - clients can't ping between interfaces (eth0-wlan0) / subnets
I can't ping clients between interfaces/subnets e.g. pinging from Mac (10.42.0.82), which is connected to eth0 to the Android (10.42.1.150) which is connected to wlan0.
Note: I can access internet ...
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Any way to connect a device to my network switch if it has an IP on a different subnet?
I know two devices on a switch can’t talk if they’re on a different subnet (different network ID).
But, I’d like to know if there’s a “temporary way” to make them talk, so I tried adding a route to ...
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