It is a networking utility which is used to test the reachability of a server over network. Command sends packets of data to a specific IP address and waits for their reply. The time taken for the reply is called the “round-trip time”.
- About ping: To send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
- Comes From: iputils-20071127
- Configuration Files:
- Path: /bin/ping
Examples:
1. To send ICMP request to mentioned host
| # ping 192.168.200.10 |
2. To have the audible ping
| # ping -a 192.168.200.10 |
3. To ping for particular number of counts
| # ping -c 10 192.168.27.100 |
4. For flood ping
| # ping -f 192.168.27.100 |
5. To set the interval
| # ping -i 10 192.168.27.100 |
6. To ping particular iterface
| # ping -I eth0 192.168.27.100 |
7. To sent specified number of packets without waiting for reply
| # ping -l 10 192.168.27.100 |
8. To get the numerical output only
| # ping -n 192.168.27.100 |
9. To suppress the output
| # ping -q |
10. To record the route
| # ping -R |
11. To bypass the routing table
| # ping -r |
12. To specifies the number of data bytes to be sent
| # ping -s 1024 |
13. To set the IP Time to Live
| # ping -t 10 |
14. To Set special IP timestamp options
| # ping -T |
15. To Select Path MTU Discovery strategy
| # ping -M hint |
16. To Print full user-to-user latency
| # ping -U |
17. To to set to verbose mode
| # ping -v |
18. To show the version info
| # ping -V |
19. To set the timeout
| # ping -w 10 |
20. To time to wait for a response
| # ping -W 10 |
Related Commands: netstat, ifconfig
