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What is ICMP?
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ICMP is Internet Control Message Protocol, a network layer protocol of the TCP/IP suite used by hosts and gateways to send notification of datagram problems back to the sender. It uses the echo test / reply to test whether a destination is reachable and responding. It also handles both control and error messages.



ICMP stands for internet control message protocol used to get a reply from the destination node for ping command ,



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