OK this is everything I could findout on google about Ping Please tell me if I have it right??
ping
www.apple.comThis will ping the Web Site with Four Packets.
You will get a Display like this.
REPLY FROM 17.254.0.91: BYTES = 32 TIME = 100 MS TTL = 252
REPLY FROM 17.254.0.91: BYTES = 32 TIME = 100 MS TTL = 252
REPLY FROM 17.254.0.91: BYTES = 32 TIME = 100 MS TTL = 252
REPLY FROM 17.254.0.91: BYTES = 32 TIME = 100 MS TTL = 252
REPLY FROM 17.254.0.91: BYTES = 32 TIME = 100 ms
This tells that Four Packets each 32 Bytes in Size were sent to
www.apple.com and took 100 Milli Seconds.
TTL = 252
This tells the Packet will going around.
ping
www.apple.com -c 10
This will ping the Web Site with Ten Packets or whatever you want.
ping
www.apple.com -f
This will send another Packet immediately right after receiving a reply to the last one.
ping
www.apple.com -s 45
This will make every Packet sent 45 Bytes you can not go higher then 65,527 Byes.