What is PING? And what does it do?

The trusted PING command that has been available for years used to be the de-facto standard for seeing if a computer was up and running or if it was down. Simple example of how to use PING. In the following example, I have 2 computers connected to my computer network. The first is a computer at IP Address 192.168.1.102.  It is connected to the network and is currently powered on. The 2nd computer is at IP Address 192.168.1.101.  It is also connected to the network, but the power is currently…