"Request timed out" message for ping

anjanesh · 08-10-2008, 12:44 AM

When I do a ping <IP> I get
64 bytes from x.x.x.x: icmp_seq=2332 ttl=254 time=2.17 ms
when thers a reply. But shows nothing when its timed out. How can I get it to show a Request timed out message like in Windows ?

Thanks

Mr. C. · 08-10-2008, 01:11 AM

ping is silent when there are timeouts. Use -c 1 if you want to send one packet to test for a timeout.

abulmagd · 09-07-2008, 10:28 PM

in case you want to monitor a bad connection watch for icmp_seq number for dropped packets
cheers