
50 Cloud ComPuting networking
• Report Network Congestion: When a receiving device on a network cannot
process the incoming data fast enough, ICMP will deliver a source quench
message to the sender for adjustment. ICMP can also be used to probe the
MTU of a network and send the result back to the sender.
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Assist Network Troubleshooting: ICMP can be used with network trouble-
shooting commands. When used with a network management command
such as ping, ICMP reports if a packet can be sent to a dedicated destina-
tion. ICMP can also report the round-trip time and the percentage of packet
loss during the transmission. When used with the tracert command, ...