Windows  syntax

Usage: ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS] [-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]] [-w timeout] [-R] [-S srcaddr] [-4] [-6 target_name

Options:

-t	Pings the specified host until stopped. To see statistics and continue – Type Control-Break; To stop – press Ctrl + C.
-a	Resolve addresses to hostnames.
-n	count Number of echo requests to send.
-l size	Send buffer size.
-f	Set Don’t Fragment flag in packet (IPv4-only).
-i	TTL Time To Live.
-v	TOS Type Of Service (IPv4-only. This setting has been deprecated and has no effect on the type of service field in the IP Header).
-r count	Record route for count hops (IPv4-only).
-s count	Timestamp for count hops (IPv4-only).
-j host-list	Loose source route along host-list (IPv4-only).
-k host-list	Strict source route along host-list (IPv4-only).
-w timeout	Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply.
-R	Use routing header to test reverse route also (IPv6-only). Per RFC 5095 the use of this routing header has been deprecated. Some systems may drop echo requests if  this header is used.
-S srcaddr	Source address to use.
-4	Force using IPv4.
-6	Force using IPv6.

Windows XP and lower syntax

ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS] [-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]] [-w timeout] destination-list

Options:

-t	Pings the specified host until stopped. To see statistics and continue – Type Control-Break; To stop – press Ctrl + C.
-a	Resolve addresses to hostnames.
-n count	Number of echo requests to send.
-l size	Send buffer size.
-f	Set Don’t Fragment flag in packet.
-i TTL	Time To Live.
-v TOS	Type Of Service.
-r count	Record route for count hops.
-s count	Timestamp for count hops.
-j host-list	Loose source route along host-list.
-k host-list	Strict source route along host-list.
-w timeout	Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply.

Examples

ping localhost

Pings the localhost, which helps determine if the computer can send information out and receive the information back from itself.

Note: The above command does not send information over network, but can indicate if the card can respond .

ping computerhope.com

Ping supports the ability to ping an Internet address. In the above example, we pinged “computerhope.com” and as can be seen, received four responses back. If we couldn’t reach the server or the server was blocking our request we would have lost all four packets.

ping 45.79.151.23

Allows you to ping another computer where <45.79.151.23> can be the IP address of the computer you want to ping. If you do not get a reply or get lost packets you have a problem with your network, which can be a cable issues, network card issues, drivers, router, switch, or other network problem.

Related questions

Is there a continuous ping options?

ping <address> -t

Use the -t option to ping any address until you cancel it by pressing Ctrl + C.

When I ping the IP address doesn’t look right.

In newer versions of the ping command and computers running on IPv6 you may get an IP address that looks something like [fe80::51c1:5214:a18e:8dec%12] instead of [192.168.1.7] to get the IPv4 IP address use the below command.

ping <hostname> -4

Show the timestamp

you may want to pinpoint the network connectivity issue time. you can do it from the powershell:

Ping.exe -t <address> | ForEach {"{0} - {1}" -f (Get-Date),$_}

Store the output in a text file

From the powershell:

Ping.exe -t 10.130.104.8 | ForEach {“{0} – {1}” -f (Get-Date),$_} >> c:\tmp\ping.txt

To show the result on screen as well:

Ping.exe -t 10.130.104.8 | ForEach {“{0} – {1}” -f (Get-Date),$_} | tee c:\tmp\ping.txt

Specify the source interface of the Ping command

 

Ping.exe -S 10.130.108.101 -t 10.130.104.8