A Ping Is a Ping Until It Isn't Anymore

Some features may only be available on the original post . Look at these logs: Those are ICMP echo packets — or more commonly known as ping packets — coming back and forth from my laptop and another device. They're a way for machines to confirm that they can reach other machines on their network. Now lets take a look at my downloads folder: This file wasn't there before — and that's expected, the…