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The ping command can be used to check connectivity to destination IP addresses and displays response times or errors. It is used to determine if a host or gateway is reachable. The ping syntax allows users to specify IP addresses or options like number of requests, packet size, and timeouts.

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The ping command can be used to check connectivity to destination IP addresses and displays response times or errors. It is used to determine if a host or gateway is reachable. The ping syntax allows users to specify IP addresses or options like number of requests, packet size, and timeouts.

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Ping command: ping command can be used to check the destination IP address you want to reach and record

the results. The ping command displays whether the destination responded and how long it took to receive a reply. If there is an error in the delivery to the destination, the ping command displays an error message.
ping command is used to find out whether the peer host/gateway is reachable.

You can use the ping command to:

Ping your computer (by address, not host name) to determine that TCP/IP is functioning. (Pinging your computer does not verify that your network adapter is functioning.) Ping the local router to determine whether the router is running. Ping beyond your local router.

Ping syntax: Ping [option] ip address Option: option -t description Pings the specified host until stopped. To see statistics and continue - type Control-Break; To stop - press Ctrl + C. Resolve addresses to hostnames. Determines the number of echo requests to send. The default is 4 requests. Enables you to adjust the size of the ping packet. The default size is 32 bytes. Set Don't Fragment flag in packet. Time To Live. Type Of Service. Record route for count hops. Timestamp for count hops. Loose source route along host-list. Strict source route along host-list.

-a -n count

-l size

-f -i TTL -v TOS -r count -s count -j host-list -k host-list

-w timeout Ipconfig:

Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply.

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