In windows 8 I used to do in run:
ping 166.18.0.1 -t
where 166.18.0.1 is my DNS IP(suppose).
How to do this same thing in ubuntu?
I have already tried this in the terminal window but it shows an error:
option requires an argument t
So how to do this?
Only ping 166.18.0.1 would do.
In Ubuntu by default ping continues to run indefinitely unless you mention a limit (by the -c option), so ping 166.18.0.1 is the same as windows ping 166.18.0.1 -t.
In Ubuntu the -t option of ping is to set a TTL value, as you have inserted the -t option without giving a TTL value you are getting the error saying you need to give a value to -t.
If you need to change the ICMP packet size from 64 bytes to 32 bytes:
ping -s 24 166.18.0.1
As 8 byte ICMP header is added so the total packet size would be 24+8=32 bytes.
Check man ping to get more idea.
