what I learned from the reimplementation of ping command in C

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve always struggled to fully grasp the networking side of software development — especially when it comes to network programming concepts like sockets, binding, TCP/IP, and protocols.

So, I decided to take on the challenge and fill in the gaps in my understanding. To do that, I chose to reimplement three well-known networking commands: ping, traceroute, and a simplified version of nmap.

In this series of articles, I’ll explain each command in detail — its use case and how it works under the hood.

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what I learned from the reimplementation of ping command in C