APING
— Audibly ping a network host.
Syntax:
APING
/4 /6 /A /C /D /E:
n /F /G:
n /I:
ttl /L:
size /N:
n /O:
n /Q /T /W:
timeout /X:
n /Y:
volume
hostname…
/4 | use IPv4 | |
/6 | use IPv6 | |
/A | resolve numeric addresses | |
/C | display line numbers | |
/D | disable highlight | |
/E: n | specify error drum | |
/F | set the Don’t Fragment flag | |
/G: n | specify instrument number | |
/I: ttl | specify the Time-To-Live value | |
/L: size | specify the packet size in bytes | (64) |
/N: n | number of ping requests to send | (4) |
/O: n | specify instrument octave | |
/Q | quietly | |
/T | continue until Control-C is pressed | |
/W: timeout | set the timeout value in milliseconds | (3000) |
/X: n | specify op error drum | |
/Y: volume | set the master sound volume; volume is 0 to 100 | |
hostname… | computer name or IP address |
Options may begin with either a forward slash or a dash. The hostname is required. You can specify more than one hostname; hosts will be pinged in the order given.
Hostname may be #ROUTER
,
#DNS
, #DHCP
, or #WINS
(case is not
significant). #ROUTER
is the IPv4 address of the router;
#DNS
is the IPv4 address of the first DNS server;
#DHCP
is the IPv4 address of the first DHCP server;
#WINS
is the IPv4 address of the first WINS server. Any of the
above may optionally be followed by a digit 1
to 9
,
e.g. #DNS2
for the second known DNS server. (These
macros do not support IPv6.) You can also define your
own macros.
/T
pings the host until you press Control-C.
(/N:0
does the same.) If you press Control-Break, you’ll get
a brief report on the number of pings sent and received so far, and the program
will continue pinging.
If you specify both /4
and /6
, the one given
first will be tried first, and then the other one if the first fails. If you
don’t specify either, the default is /4 /6
—
try IPv4 first, then IPv6.
For compatibility with ping.exe
, options which take arguments
may be split into two options, e.g. /N 10
instead of
/N:10
. I dislike this syntax, but it’s there if you want
it.
/G:
n specifies
the instrument to play when a packet is returned from the remote computer.
n is a
General MIDI instrument number,
1 to 128. The default is 115, steel drums.
/O:
n sets the
octave for successful-ping notes. The range is 0 to 9; not all instruments
will necessarily support the entire range. The default is 5.
/E:
n specifies
the percussion instrument to play when a packet is lost.
n is a
General MIDI percussion key,
35 to 81; or 0 to prevent APing
from making any sound when a packet
is lost. The default is 66, the low timbale.
/X:
n specifies the percussion
instrument to play for operational errors which prevent APing
from even
trying to ping the host. Mostly these are internal errors such as failing to allocate
memory, but host-not-found will also make this noise. n is a
General MIDI percussion key,
35 to 81; or 0 to prevent APing
from making any sound on op errors.
The default is 58, the vibraslap.
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