connection ping??

[jplg842]

Hello. i want to switch to mac very soon. i have a question.
on my pc im used to ping in the ip of my connection to check the connection stats, in the run i write "ping ip -t" , how can i do that on a mac?

Thank you

 

[WildCowboy]

You can ping using Terminal. Or you can use the Network Utility app for a graphical interface for ping and other network diagnostics.

 

[jeremy.king]

The same command exists in OS X, however, the -t option doesn't exist. Instead, it's the default behavior meaning it will continue until killed by the user with Control+C

 

[WildCowboy]

The same command exists in OS X, however, the -t option doesn't exist. Instead, it's the default behavior meaning it will continue until killed by the user with Control+C

1. In OS X, -t is the timeout parameter. If I remember correctly, that's -w in Windows, correct?

2. -t in Windows tells it to repeat until the user interrupts the sequence, right? That's the default behavior in OS X.

3. In OS X, if you wanted to limit it to a certain number of echo requests from the start, you'd use -c. This is equivalent to -n in Windows, which defaults to 4 if not specified (hence the need for the -t command to tell Windows to continue indefinitely).

I think I've got that right. Or else I've completely confused myself and everyone else.

 

[butaro]

unix based so comman line is much more nicer than windows............its actually nice to use compared to windows command prompt