Ping Options

[pcman]

Ping is a tool to check the network connectivity between two or more computers. There are various options available. It may help you.

example .. In DOS .. c:>ping 192.168.0.2 -t

-s count Timestamps for count hops

-j host-list Loose source route along host-list

-t Ping the specified host until interrupted

-a Resolve addresses to host names

-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

-k host-list Strict source route along host-list

-w timeout Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply

-n count Number of echo requests to send

-l size Send buffer size

I hope these may help you in networking trouble shooting

[WhoroCora]

Yes, that is correct. Various firewalls and various settings will block a PING - because you can use massive amounts of PINGing to create DOS attack Denial of Service. You can set some settings to allow PING, though.