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<p>2600:4040:99D4:8B00:A0BE:C309:D18B:3D47: /* Explanation */ Link to ICMP</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3150<br /> | date = October 3, 2025<br /> | title = Ping<br /> | image = ping_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 603x208px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = Progress on getting shipwrecked sailors to adopt ICMPv6 has been slow.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was created recently. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> This comic shows a message in a bottle on the beach, much like [[1675: Message in a Bottle]].<br /> <br /> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Control_Message_Protocol ICMP] is a protocol that's used among other things for &quot;pings&quot; that are used to see if one machine can successfully communicate with another machine.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> :[Cueball is walking on a sandy beach near the shore. A bottle is stuck in the sand, presumably from being washed up by the tide.]<br /> <br /> :[Cueball has picked up the bottle and is reading the message inside. There is illegible text written beneath the title of the message.]<br /> :Message: ICMP Echo Request<br /> <br /> :[Cueball has set the bottle down below him and is now scribbling out a new message. Once again, there is illegible text written beneath the title of the message.]<br /> :Message: ICMP Echo Reply<br /> <br /> :[Cueball is walking away from the shore now, having set the bottle back into the sea.]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Computers]]</div>

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