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ping is a command line tool/network utility often used to troubleshoot connectivity and network latency issues. PING is an acronym for Packet INternet Groper. Questions about the ping command should use this tag.

Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer. Source

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How to show failed ping?

When we are using windows ping , it will show the failed pings. Does Ubuntu have similar function? The failed ping is quite useful when debugging the network. How you guys solve this? Well, I only want simple solution, I don't want to get a long…
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I can not ping microsoft.com but can open it using browser

I can not ping microsoft.com but can open it through Firefox. I am using 12.04LTS. I am able to ping all other websites.
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How to ping the Internet on Ubuntu?

I need to ping Google to see my Internet status. In Windows we use: ping -t [websitename] In the run menu. How do I do this on Ubuntu?
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Why does ping -f act like this?

ping -f -s 65500 ip_address I'm using this command to try a sample DoS attack. Generally cursor is progressing but sometimes cursor is blinking like this: Generally: What is the meaning of this? Is there any better command than this one? Maybe a…
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How to increase pinging rate?

Is there a way to increase the pinging rate on Ubuntu 10.04 ? ping routerIP Thanks.
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can not ping google using proxy

I am using a proxy to connect to internet. I can use firefox and software center. but can not ping google. when I try it says ping google.com ping: unknown host google.com I have tried with ip address also. it says Destination Host…
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PING - TTL changes from 64 to 128 and back

I'm having an issue with an Ubuntu 18 LTS server where I cannot SSH to the server. I'm connecting to a Ubuntu server via Putty SSH and have 1 router hop between my windows jump server and the Ubuntu server. I have found that if I ping the Ubuntu…
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Is it possible to check internet speed using the ping command?

Is it possible to check internet speed using the ping command ? Ping determines the time to receive a reply, which could be used to calculate the average round trip speed provided we know the internet addresses of some standard servers. Is t…
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ping: connect: invalid argument

Can someone explain this to me? gbouras@master:~$ ping 10.0.0.12 ping: connect: Invalid argument gbouras@master:~$ ping 10.0.0.11 PING 10.0.0.11 (10.0.0.11) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.0.0.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.079 ms 64 bytes from…
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what is the use of -U option in ping command?

I was learning ping command and their options. In ping -U option is used for full user to user latency. There is no difference for ping and ping -U option in output. $ ping google.com PING google.com (216.58.199.174) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes…
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Set wildcard mask for ping

Is there a way to do a command like ping 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 (wildcard masks), without installing a program, or a similar way to ping every node within a specific network/subnet? I see something like ping -b for broadcast pings, but it does not…
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pingtest.net gives "Packet Loss Test Error"

This is what I get when trying the pingtest.net on Ubuntu 11.10 I don't have any firewall running on my router. Is there a firewall running on Ubuntu that I don't know about?
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Can't ping most urls

I am able to ping certain domains (like google.com, imgur.com), while most others I tried have 100% packet loss. For example, I can't ping dit.rs, b92.net, novosti.rs, they all have 100% packet loss. Additionally, I know I used to be able to ping…
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A script to ping a group of IPs and return with just the Online?

I need a script that ping a group of ips and return as a result the online one , it will echo for example 10.10.10.10 is online 10.10.10.11 is online 10.10.10.15 is online Without using any package or third party utility ! Any help ?
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Ping: work in one direction only

I have a Windows LAN (Domain). Also, 2 Ubuntu machines in the LAN: 22.04 and 20.04. I do ping IP 20.04->22.04 : it works fine When I do ping IP 22.04->20.04 : no responses. What can be a reason?
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