Ping Commands?

Node Man

Hi Everyone,
Do ping commands follow identical rules to other packets/frames bits? Do pings flow through switches and routers the same way with headers and trailers and source and destination mac's? The ODOM books doesnt seem to cover the questions I get on the software.

Please help.

Thanks

iamme4eva

Yes. A ping is a ICMP echo and reply. The originator generates an echo packet to the destination, and the destination generates a reply. That's why simply having a route to a destination isn't enough, the destination has to have a route back.