Description <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ping<\/strong> is a simple, widely used, cross-platform networking utility for testing if a host is reachable on an Internet Protocol<\/strong> (IP<\/strong>) network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It works by sending a series of Internet Control Message Protocol<\/strong> (ICMP<\/strong>) ECHO_REQUEST<\/strong> messages to the target host and waiting for an ICMP<\/strong> echo reply (or ECHO_RESPONSE<\/strong>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can run a ping test in order to establish if your computer can communicate with another computer (target host); it helps you determine: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Its output is a list of replies from the target host along with the time taken for the last packet to reach the target host and back to your computer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It also shows a statistical summary of the test, typically including the number of packets transmitted and those received, percentage of packet loss; the minimum, maximum, the mean round-trip times, and standard deviation of the mean (mdev). <\/p>\n\n\n\n In case a ping test fails, you will see error messages as output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ping Command Examples<\/strong> From the results of the above command, the ping<\/strong> was successful and there were no packets lost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One important thing to take note of, in a ping test output is the time at the end of each ping reply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Assuming you are carrying out a ping testing to your servers, then the value here matters a lot, depending on the type of application you are running on a server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If, for example, you have a web application where a single user request results into so many queries to a database(s) to generate results on the UI, then a lower ping time to that particular server implies more data is being transmitted without a delay and the opposite is true. 2. You can specify the number of ECHO_REQUEST\u2019s<\/strong> to be sent after which ping exits, using the 3. The 4. To determine the response of your network under high-load conditions, you can run a \u201cflood ping<\/strong>\u201d which sends requests as fast as possible, using the 5. You can enable pinging a broadcast using the 6.To limit the number of network hops (TTL<\/strong> \u2013 Time-to-live<\/strong>) that probes traverse, use the You can set any value between 1<\/strong> and 255<\/strong>; different operating systems set different defaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each router that receives the packet subtracts at least 1<\/strong> from the count and if the count is still greater than 0<\/strong>, the router forwards the packet to the next hop, otherwise it discards it and sends an ICMP<\/strong> response back to your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this example, the TTL<\/strong> has been exceeded and the ping<\/strong> test has failed, as shown in the screenshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. The default packet size should be sufficient for a ping test, however, you can change it to meet your specific testing needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can specify the size of the payload, in number of bytes using the 8. If preload is specified, ping sends that many packets not waiting for reply. Note that only root may select a preload more than 3<\/strong>, otherwise, use the sudo command<\/strong> to gain root privileges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. It is also possible to set the time to wait for a response, in seconds, using the 10. To set a timeout<\/strong> in seconds, before ping exits regardless of how many packets have been sent or received, use the 11. The 12. You can enable verbose output using the Ping<\/strong> is a very common method for troubleshooting the accessibility of hosts on a network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this article, we\u2019ve explained 12<\/strong> practical ping command examples for testing the reachability of a networked device. 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<\/p>\n\n\n\nping www.google.com<\/em>
<\/pre>\n\n\n\n[root@server ~]# ping www.google.com\nPING www.google.com (172.217.163.100) 56(84) bytes of data.\n64 bytes from maa05s03-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.163.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=3.98 ms\n64 bytes from maa05s03-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.163.100): icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=2.83 ms\n64 bytes from maa05s03-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.163.100): icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=2.15 ms\n64 bytes from maa05s03-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.163.100): icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=2.77 ms\n^C\n--- www.google.com ping statistics ---\n4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms\nrtt min\/avg\/max\/mdev = 2.152\/2.936\/3.981\/0.660 ms<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n-c<\/code> flag as shown (in this case the ping test will stop after sending 5<\/strong> packets). <\/p>\n\n\n\n[root@server ~]# ping -c 5 www.google.com\nPING www.google.com (172.217.163.100) 56(84) bytes of data.\n64 bytes from maa05s03-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.163.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=4.43 ms\n64 bytes from maa05s03-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.163.100): icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=2.01 ms\n64 bytes from maa05s03-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.163.100): icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=1.90 ms\n64 bytes from maa05s03-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.163.100): icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=5.42 ms\n64 bytes from maa05s03-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.163.100): icmp_seq=5 ttl=56 time=2.33 ms\n\n--- www.google.com ping statistics ---\n5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms\nrtt min\/avg\/max\/mdev = 1.908\/3.223\/5.425\/1.435 ms<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n-i<\/code> flag allows you to set interval in seconds between sending each packet, the default value is one second. <\/p>\n\n\n\nping -i 3 -c 5 www.google.com<\/em>
<\/pre>\n\n\n\n-f<\/code> switch. Only root can use this option, otherwise, use the sudo command<\/strong> to gain root privileges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n$ sudo ping -f www.google.com\nOR\n$ sudo ping -f -i 3 www.google.com\t#specify interval between requests \n\nPING www.google.com (172.217.163.36) 56(84) bytes of data.\n.......................................................................................................................................................................................^C\n--- www.google.com ping statistics ---\n2331 packets transmitted, 2084 received, 10% packet loss, time 34095ms\nrtt min\/avg\/max\/mdev = 29.096\/29.530\/61.474\/1.417 ms, pipe 4, ipg\/ewma 14.633\/29.341 ms<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n-b<\/code> as shown. <\/p>\n\n\n\nping -b 192.168.43.255<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n-t<\/code> flag. <\/p>\n\n\n\nping -t 10 www.google.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n[root@server ~]# ping -t 10 www.google.com\nPING www.google.com (216.58.196.164) 56(84) bytes of data.\n64 bytes from maa03s31-in-f4.1e100.net (216.58.196.164): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=1.91 ms\n64 bytes from maa03s31-in-f4.1e100.net (216.58.196.164): icmp_seq=14 ttl=56 time=19.0 ms\n64 bytes from maa03s31-in-f4.1e100.net (216.58.196.164): icmp_seq=15 ttl=56 time=2.21 ms\n^C\n--- www.google.com ping statistics ---\n15 packets transmitted, 14 received, 6% packet loss, time 14019ms\nrtt min\/avg\/max\/mdev = 1.598\/7.269\/19.063\/5.190 ms<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n-s<\/code> option, which will result in a total packet size of value provided plus 8<\/strong> extra bytes for the ICMP header. <\/p>\n\n\n\nping -s 1000 www.google.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo ping -l 5 www.google.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n-W<\/code> option as shown. <\/p>\n\n\n\nping -W 10 www.google.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n-w<\/code> flag. <\/p>\n\n\n\nping -w 10 www.google.com<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
-d<\/code> option allows you to enable the debug IP packet detail as shown. <\/p>\n\n\n\nping -d www.google.com
<\/pre>\n\n\n\n-v<\/code> flag, as follows <\/p>\n\n\n\nping -v www.google.com<\/pre>\n\n\n\n