Ping command – definition and details
Ping command
Ping command is one of the built-in network diagnostic commands that you have inside your OS (Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, etc.). Ping is used for checking the connectivity between your device and the target that cloud be a hostname like google.com or IP address like 192.168.2.1.
Ping, by default, will send 4, 32-byte packets to the target using the ICMP (Internet control message protocol).
How does Ping command work? Detailed explanation