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Ping is a tool which "pings" an address to identify if an address is up or not. The usual response by the address is "pong". 

==Usage of Ping==
ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS] [-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]] [-w timeout] [-R] [-S srcaddr] [-4] [-6] target_name

==Options for Ping==
* -t             
** Ping the specified host until stopped.
* -a
** Resolve addresses to hostnames.
* -n <count>
** Number of echo requests to send.
* -l <size>       
** Send buffer size.
* -f 
** Set Don't Fragment flag in packet (IPv4-only).
* -i <time>
** Time To Live.
* -v <type>
** Type Of Service (IPv4-only.)
* -r <count>
** Record route for count hops (IPv4-only).
* -s <count>
** Timestamp for count hops (IPv4-only).
* -j <host-list>
** Loose source route along host-list (IPv4-only).
* -k <host-list> 
** Strict source route along host-list (IPv4-only).
* -w <timeout>
** Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply.
* -R
** Use routing header to test reverse route also (IPv6-only).
* -S <srcaddr>     
** Source address to use.
* -4
** Force using IPv4.
* -6
** Force using IPv6.