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Linux Networking: Troubleshooting and Diagnostics/Ping a host

Send ICMP echo requests to test basic reachability.

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Section: Reachability and Latency

Ping a host

bash
bash
ping -c 4 example.com
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Send ICMP echo requests to test basic reachability.

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