Ping Functions in Networking

• example .. In DOS .. c:>ping 192.168.0.1 -t
• -t Ping the specifed host until interrupted
• -a Resolve addresses to hostnames
• -n count Number of echo requests to send
• -l size Send buffer size
• -f Set Don't Fragment flag in packet
• -i TTL Time To Live
• -v TOS Type Of Service
• -r count Record route for count hops
• -s count Timestamp for count hops
• -j host-list Loose source route along host-list
• -k host-list Strict source route along host-list
• -w timeout Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply
• Experiment to see how helpful these can be!