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Ping

PING

Increase or Decrease ping TTL

  • Example: Wait for 5 seconds before sending the next packet.

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    ping -i 5 IP

  • Example: Wait 0.1 seconds before sending the next packet.

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    ping -i 0.1 IP

Send n packets and stop

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    ping -n 10 <IP|Domain>

Continuous Ping

  • Start before you reboot a remote server or VM
  • Make sure you have a backup console if remote!!!
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    ping -t <IP|Domain>

Hostname Lookup with Ping

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    ping -a <IP>

Ping Localhost

  • Tests own protocol stack
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    ping 127.0.0.1

PING IPv6

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    ping -t -6 <IP|Domain>

Change the Packet Size

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    ping -l 1500 <IP|Domain>

Ping of Death (Ping Flood Buffer Overflow Attempt)

  • -l: Buffer size
  • -w: wait timeout in ms
  • -n: number of echo requests
  • Script is to loop infinitely
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    :loop

ping <IP|Domain> -l 65500 -w 1 -n 1
goto :loop