Great question, Jamie! Actually, pings are designed to periodically check for device availability on the network and will continuously send packets every few seconds(mostly customizable via nominal protocols).There need not be any click stimulus or any actual user activity occurring that triggers the sending of ping requests. The idea is to consistently maintain communication between devices and quickly detect if there are issues with connections so that corrective measures can be taken without delay.

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