Senior and junior Conversation .... One day in organization Senior ask one logical question to Junior " Is ping a correct way to find out if server is online or offline ? " Junior : Junior : said Yes normally we check with ping and connect to RDP Senior : "I can ping xyz server in CMD but RDP (Remote desktop connection) does not response, is server online or offline" Junior : Junior : May be some window services have not running.... If you guys have correct answer please write in comment section . I am also researching contains for Junior