How to run and read ping test in Windows, Networking!

Ping is a network utility program to test if a particular host is reachable. It uses the internet connection to send out packets of data to a host and are sent back the packets to the source computer. So we can know if any packets were lost. We can see the amount of time it takes to communicate with the host.

Command:

ping target [-t] [-n count] [-w timeout] [-l size]

target - Destination host to ping
[-t] - Ping until you force to stop
[-n count] - Send number of requests (default 4 requests)
[-w timeout] - Set timeout in milliseconds (default 1,000)
[-l size] - Set size of packet (default size 32 bytes)

There are more options available. Only some of them are mentioned here.

Example:

Reading the ping test results:

There are no loss in packets (0% loss). Source machine has received all the sent packets. Minimum time to communicate with the destination (both way) is 4ms and maximum is 6ms. Although, there is not any standard value for it. It depends on your network connectivity. Ideal time for servers on the same network would be <=1ms.

TTL=59
TTL is the numbers of routers (hops) it can pass through before the packet is expired. In this case, packets can travel up to more 59 hops. So already traveled hop would be 63-59=4 assuming Google has set max hops 63. Hops are set based on the needs and platform used, it could be 63, 128 or 255 etc. Please use traceroute command to find the exact numbers of hops that packets are traveled.

Thank you! Hope it helps you in some way while understanding the ping test.