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Appendix F Ping Commands
The following table lists the options available for use with a Windows Ping test. This
information was obtained from Microsoft Windows 2000 TCP/IP Protocols and Services
Technical Reference, pp. 184-185.
Table 58 Windows Ping Test Command Options
Option Use Default
-t Sends Echoes until interrupted. Not set
-a Performs a Domain Name System (DNS) reverse query to
resolve the DNS hose name of the specified IP address
Not set
-n count The number of Echoes to send 4
-l size The size of the Optional Data field up to a maximum of
65,500
32
-f Sets the Don’t Fragment (DF) flag to 1 Not set
-I TTL Sets the value of the TTL field in the IP header 32
-v TOS Sets the value of the Type of Service field in the IP header.
The TOS value is in decimal
0
-r count Sends the ICMP Echoes using the IP Record Route option
and sets the value of the number of slots. Count has a
maximum value of 9.
Not set
-s count Sends the ICMP Echoes using the IP Internet Timestamp
option and sets the value of the number of slots. Count
has a maximum value of 4. Windows 2000 PING uses the
Internet Timestamp FLAG set to 1 (records both the IP
addresses of each hop and the timestamp.
Not set