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Ping Tools is an essential Internet program that permits a user to make sure that a particular IP address exists as well as can admit requests. As a verb, Ping Tools means "to get the attention of" or "to check for the presence of" another party online.

Ping Tools are used diagnostically to make sure that a host computer the user is trying to arrive at is in actual fact operating. Ping Tools works by transferring an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request to a particular boundary on the network and waiting for a reply. Ping Tools can be used for troubleshooting to test connectivity and determine response time.

Ping Tools is the name of a standard software utility (tool) used to test network connections. It can be used to find out if a remote device such as Web Server or game server can be reached across the network and, if so, the connection's latency. Ping tools are part of Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as well as some routers and game consoles.

Most Ping Tools make use of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). Ping Tools send request messages to a target network address at periodic intervals and measure the time it takes for a response message to arrive. These Ping Tools typically support options like, how many times to send requests, how large of a request message to send, how long to wait for each reply.