~/Ping In Detail

Oct 4, 2022

ping

This command sends 100 ping requests to "osadze.com" (-c 100), with a 0.01 second interval. The -q silences intermediate output.

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ping -qi 0.01 -c 100 osadze.com
#PING osadze.com (45.63.17.120) 56(84) bytes of data.
#--- osadze.com ping statistics ---
#100 packets transmitted, 100 received, 0% packet loss, time 1211ms
#rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 35.221/36.227/37.953/0.546 ms, pipe 4

Here’s a breakdown of the output:

• 100 packets transmitted, 100 received: data loss (0% packet loss).
• rtt min/avg/max/mdev: This refers to the round-trip time (rtt) of the packets.
  • min: The fastest response was 35.221 ms.
  • avg: On average, the response time was 36.227 ms.
  • max: The slowest response was 37.953 ms.
  • mdev: Much variation there was in the response times.
• pipe 4 refers to how many packets were allowed to be in flight at the same time.

References

• ping
• rtt