PingCap for Android

9 things about PingCap

1. ping is a computer network administration software utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

2. Options may include the size of the payload, count of tests, limits for the number of network hops (TTL) that probes traverse, interval between the requests and time to wait for a response.

3. Ping measures the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer that are echoed back to the source.

4. Many systems provide a companion utility ping6, for testing on Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) networks, which implement ICMPv6.

5. The program reports errors, packet loss, and a statistical summary of the results, typically including the minimum, maximum, the mean round-trip times, and standard deviation of the mean.

6. It is available for virtually all operating systems that have networking capability, including most embedded network administration software.

7. Ping operates by means of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets.

8. Pinging involves sending an ICMP echo request to the target host and waiting for an ICMP echo reply.

9. The command-line options of the ping utility and its output vary between the numerous implementations.