{"id":9648,"date":"2018-02-07T08:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/?p=9648"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:20:55","slug":"pings-and-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/general\/pings-and-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Pings and Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Something for the geeks)<\/p>\n

What is a Ping and why is it important to you?<\/p>\n

Sending a ping is a way of testing your connection speed. It helps us to troubleshoot speed issues on your internet line \u2013 and that\u2019s why it\u2019s important for you to understand what pings are all about.<\/p>\n

A ping is the reaction time of your connection<\/strong> – how fast you receive a response, once you send a request.  A fast ping means a super responsive connection. The measurement used for pings are Milliseconds (MS)*.<\/p>\n

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It works in a similar way to a sonar echo-location.<\/p>\n

Think of your ping as a dolphin,<\/strong> sending sonar signals out hundreds of yards away to detect the size, shape, distance and speed of objects.<\/p>\n

In the same way, your ping sends a small packet of information containing \u201cecho-requests\u201d to a specific device\/PC\u2019s (IP address), which then sends an \u201cecho-reply\u201d responding to each of the \u201cEcho-requests\u201d in return.<\/p>\n

Pings help us check if the PC is connected to a network, and it determines any delays between two PC\u2019s\/devices. This is how it assists with troubleshooting, by confirming connectivity as well as its response times.<\/p>\n

Making sense yet?<\/p>\n

Ping Categories<\/h2>\n