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Why does 'ping' returns 'request timed out' for some hosts?

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202691841 views
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Problem

For some hosts, it resolves their IP but why does it fails with request time out? I have also tried to increase the ping response time but still the same result.

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ping www.example.com

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Fix for: Why does 'ping' returns 'request timed out' for some hosts?

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A ping is an ICMP packet. For comparison, web traffic or HTTP, is generally a TCP packet on port 80. A given server may be providing responses for the purpose of web traffic, but block ICMP (or be behind a firewall that blocks ICMP) and therefore yo…

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