Is there any way to make ping in linux behave like ping in MS Windows?
Well, there are only a couple of differences.
First, only four ping packets.
Second, print request timed out (or similar).
If you "man ping", you'll get all the options that come stock with this useful command.
If you type: ping -c 4 a.b.c.d (where a.b.c.d is a network address), you'll get four ping packets to that address. Since FC is looking to show you the output on that, you'll get something like:
[code] [marc@DaClown marc]$ ping -c 4 10.18.13.254 PING 10.18.13.254 (10.18.13.254) 56(84) bytes of data.From 10.18.10.1 icmp_seq=0 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.18.10.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.18.10.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.18.10.1 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
Aah, yes. I only focus on -W options in linux never look at -c, because in windows I mostly use -t options which is unlimited count until stopped.
Thanks for your help.
