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Some of the less-known ping types you should know
- Normal Ping output:
- ping 192.168.0.100
- PING 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100): 56 data bytes
- 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.047 ms
- 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
- 64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.045 ms
- Ansible Ping output:
- ansible 192.168.0.100 -m ping
- 192.168.0.100 | SUCCESS => {
- "changed": false,
- "ping": "pong"
- Have you ever wondered why it is different?
- The Normal ping uses ICMP to check network connectivity, while Ansible's ping is a module that ensures connectivity by running Python on the remote host and returning a "pong" message.
- Apart from these two major pings, some of the less-known ping types you should understand:
- Flood Ping
- Sends packets as fast as possible, useful for stress testing or debugging.
- ping -f 192.168.1.1
- Ping with a Set Number of Requests
- Limits the number of ping requests sent.
- ping -c 4 192.168.1.1
- TTL Ping
- Limits the Time To Live (TTL) value of a packet, often used in debugging routing loops or traceroute.
- ping -t 5 192.168.1.1
- Ping Broadcast
- Pings every host on the local network.
- ping -b 192.168.1.255
- Reverse Ping (Windows)
- Windows-specific, checks if another host can ping your machine.
- ping -r 9 192.168.1.1
- Hope this was useful for all of you. Happy Learning!
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