You are currently troubleshooting a network issue with your ISP's customer support agent. The agent requests that you open a command prompt and type ping 127.0.0.1. What does this accomplish?
A) tests the default gateway
B) tests a well-known public IP address
C) tests that the local IP protocol is functioning
D) tests TCP/IP configuration settings

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The command "ping 127.0.0.1" sends a packet to the loopback address, which is a special IP address that points to the local machine. This basically tests the functionality of the local IP protocol.

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