What this snippet does
Plenty of hosts drop ICMP while serving traffic normally; test the actual port instead.
Expected output
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss
Why practise typing this
Typing networking code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation Linux uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.
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