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woomera
Oct 23, 2009, 05:02 AM
hello everyone, this is my first post in this forum.

ive been searching on google for hours now to see how i can see the Timeout packets right between the lines when im pinging rather than seeing a summery in the end on how many packets have been lost since i need to have the terminal open and monitor the ping's for several hours.
i'd really appreciate any help/advice given.

thanks


belvdr
Oct 23, 2009, 08:02 AM
Try -v. On Unix hosts, it is normal for it not to show "Request timed out" like Windows does. Instead, you'll usually get "Destination Host Unreachable".
woomera
Oct 23, 2009, 08:59 AM
i tried "Ping -v ip" but still the same, it didnt work.
belvdr
Oct 23, 2009, 09:00 AM
Did it show any other messages?
woomera
Oct 23, 2009, 09:56 AM
the result to "ping ip" and "ping -v ip" were exactly the same.
calderone
Oct 23, 2009, 10:28 AM
man ping
woomera
Oct 23, 2009, 11:41 AM
man ping

according to the manual the -v mode should print any other responses other than ECHO_REPLY though it doesnt here. could this be a bug or im doing something wrong?
belvdr
Oct 23, 2009, 11:43 AM
How long did you let the ping run? It needs to run for a few seconds before anything is output.
calderone
Oct 23, 2009, 12:01 PM
Can you post a screenshot of your output?
woomera
Oct 23, 2009, 01:05 PM
http://pic-spot.com/viewer.php?id=bwy1256320978l.png

in this pic im missing reply on seq 8,13,25.
belvdr
Oct 23, 2009, 01:08 PM
http://pic-spot.com/viewer.php?id=bwy1256320978l.png

in this pic im missing reply on seq 8,13,25.

Never seen a way to do what you're asking. If it misses multiple pings, you'll see destination host unreachable. I have a feeling you're using ping for some sort of solution, and it's not the right tool for the job.