If you've used networking commands on Windows, such as ping and tracert, you might wonder if you can use them on Linux, whether on its own or part of WSL. Fortunately, you can. I remember sitting in a ...

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Ping commands are very useful, but would-be attackers often use them to identify systems. To prevent that, we show you how to get your system to ignore these requests. The ping command sends one or ...

It's often useful to gain a quick measure of a network's "real-world" performance. Pinging is a technique in which you send a predetermined amount of data to a specific IP address on your own network ...

I've been using Linux for what seems like forever. Over the years, I've noticed that I use the command line less and less, because the GUIs have just gotten so much better. Even still, there are ...

There are certain Linux commands I consider essential. They range from networking, troubleshooting, and file viewing. They're also easy enough for new users to learn. Even though I've been using Linux ...

ping is a diagnostic tool used for verifying connectivity between two hosts on a network. It sends Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request packets to a remote IP address and watches for ...