Ping and traceroute are two very useful functions for managing
networks. Ping is typically used to determine if a path exists
between two hosts while traceroute shows an actual path. Ping is
usually implemented using the Internet Control Message Protocol
(ICMP) "ECHO" facility. It is
I just ran a ping on my Linux while doing a tcpdump. It still uses icmp,
both with a flood and without. I ran from a windows box and the same. The
basic windows ping command won't let you flood (the -f is for
fragmentation). I think your friend is wrong. However, he/she might be
confusing pings for
Once i heard, that a ping from a Cisco Box is not the same like a ping from
a Windows PC.
One is icmp the other is udp.
Can anyone confirm? and, where is udp , where is icmp.
One solution to make it all clear is to take a sniffer - or i could search
my CIT Course stuff this weekend ;-)
Martin
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