This follows from an earlier article on ping command use so please read that article first. Here we are going to look at more advanced use of the ping command.

The ping command as various options (switches) which you can see by typing

ping /? at the command prompt

Two of the most useful options are the -t and the -n options. By default the ping command sends four pings and stops. Often when troubleshooting it is desirable to ping continuously or more than 4 times

So to do that use:

ping -t pings until stopped using ctrl+s and ctrl+q (continue)

or ping -n 50 (pings 50 times)

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