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No - the server/router/device your are pinging may intentionally ignore ping requests (they do not respond to ICMP packets) for security reasons. Just because you can't ping it doesn't mean it isn't there.
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No - the server/router/device your are pinging may intentionally ignore ping requests (they do not respond to ICMP packets) for security reasons. Just because you can't ping it doesn't mean it isn't there.

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How interesting....makes sense!<br />
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So pinging and telnet are mutually exclusive ... neither requires the other in order to work
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How interesting....makes sense!

So pinging and telnet are mutually exclusive ... neither requires the other in order to work

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Going to ask a dumb question....<br />
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If you cannot ping an IP does that mean that telnet will not work?
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Going to ask a dumb question....

If you cannot ping an IP does that mean that telnet will not work?

ping vs telnet

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.