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Users report that a network printer intermittently goes offline during the day. Which of the following commands should the technician use to confirm whether the printer has connectivity issues?
The correct answer is A. ping. The correct answer is A. ping. The ping command sends ICMP echo requests to a target IP address or hostname and reports whether responses are received, making it the standard first-step tool for testing basic network connectivity. If the printer is intermittently offline, ping…
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Users report that a network printer intermittently goes offline during the day. Which of the following commands should the technician use to confirm whether the printer has connectivity issues?
Options
- Aping
- Bnetstat
- Cnet
- Dnslookup
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Explanation
The correct answer is A. ping. The ping command sends ICMP echo requests to a target IP address or hostname and reports whether responses are received, making it the standard first-step tool for testing basic network connectivity. If the printer is intermittently offline, ping can confirm whether it is reachable on the network at a given moment. netstat shows active network connections on the local machine, net manages network resources like shares, and nslookup resolves DNS names - none of these directly test device reachability.
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