Thread: ping

How do people use 'ping' in the command prompt? What can you learn from it. I don't get it.

Code:

From a DOS prompt...

C:\>ping 65.85.170.164

Pinging 65.85.170.164 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.85.170.164: bytes=32 time=870ms TTL=113
Reply from 65.85.170.164: bytes=32 time=770ms TTL=113
Reply from 65.85.170.164: bytes=32 time=801ms TTL=113
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 65.85.170.164:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 770ms, Maximum =  870ms, Average =  610ms

To test the reachability of a device across a network, a TCP/IP ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) echo request can be sent. An ICMP echo request, generated by the Ping command.

PING (Packet Internet Groper) is a diagnostic utility used to determine whether a computer is properly connected to devices/Internet. However, it can be used to "flood" network access of a computer.

play around with

tracert
route print
netstat

i hope to god thats not someone you know's ip stealth.

If you want to work out your own IP Witch_King, from a DOS prompt type winipcfg, or ipconfig.

That IP tried to hack me, but zonealarm got it. Anyway, I could type in any ip say 192.148.66.10 and it would ping it - any random ip will work usually. That's how most hacks are done.

hah... actually that ping is terrible for a cable modem 750+ he must some distance from you r have UT runnin in the background or somethin...

Okay bad example, but anyway, its mostly a trial and error process. Cable users are easier targets as their IPs are usually fixed.

quite true, but the same goes for DSL, though Cable IP's change like once every 3 months or somethin like that depends on your ISP i guess.

Not that I would target anyone, although doing the CCNA has taught me heaps about hacking.

it will do that.

so how "Certified" are you?

I haven't finished the course yet, but before I started I'd been doing network related stuff for about a year. Short answer: I'm not certified yet.

thats cool, Good luck hope ya make it.

good way to pick up all the standard security holes though... as you said good way to learn hacking.