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Why Can I Ping My Friend but Not Google?

Name: Why Can I Ping My Friend but Not Google?
Uploaded: 2026-11-08T20:27:38.917Z
Duration: 1 min 6 s
Description: I can ping my friend's laptop, but Google times out. Why?

I can ping my friend's laptop, but Google times out. Why?

Lesson notes

Takeaway: Off-subnet traffic always goes through the default gateway.

Quick check: Where does a host send packets destined for a different subnet?

Directly to the target
To the default gateway
To the DNS server

Off-subnet traffic is handed to the default gateway router for forwarding.

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