This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision | ||
| tools-ping [2024/09/27 23:13] – -Formatting hogwild | tools-ping [2024/11/06 22:59] (current) – -Formatting, condense hogwild | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| ====== Ping ====== | ====== Ping ====== | ||
| - | The Ping page provides a ping function  | + | This menu provides a ping function  | 
| - | \\ | + | |
| - | {{: | + | |
| - | \\ | + | |
| - | **Address: | + | **Address: | 
| \\ | \\ | ||
| - | **Ping Count: | + | **Ping Count:** the number of ICMP echo request packets you wish to send to the address. | 
| \\ | \\ | ||
| - | **Packet Size: | + | **Packet Size:** the size (in bytes) of the extra data portion of each ICMP ping packet to send to the address. | 
| + | |||
| + | Larger values can be useful for discovering issues with throughput or MTU accepted by the network. | ||
| \\ | \\ | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| \\ | \\ | ||