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| 33.\" 34.Dd December 11, 1993 35.Dt PING 8 36.Os BSD 4.3 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm ping 39.Nd send 40.Tn ICMP ECHO_REQUEST --- 280 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 321Many Hosts and Gateways ignore the 322.Tn RECORD_ROUTE 323option. 324.Pp 325The maximum IP header length is too small for options like 326.Tn RECORD_ROUTE 327to 328be completely useful. | 34.\" 35.Dd December 11, 1993 36.Dt PING 8 37.Os BSD 4.3 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm ping 40.Nd send 41.Tn ICMP ECHO_REQUEST --- 280 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 322Many Hosts and Gateways ignore the 323.Tn RECORD_ROUTE 324option. 325.Pp 326The maximum IP header length is too small for options like 327.Tn RECORD_ROUTE 328to 329be completely useful. |
| 329There's not much that that can be done about this, however. | 330There's not much that can be done about this, however. |
| 330.Pp 331Flood pinging is not recommended in general, and flood pinging the 332broadcast address should only be done under very controlled conditions. 333.Pp 334The 335.Fl v 336option is not worth much on busy hosts. 337.Sh SEE ALSO 338.Xr netstat 1 , 339.Xr ifconfig 8 , 340.Xr routed 8 341.Sh HISTORY 342The 343.Nm 344command appeared in 345.Bx 4.3 . | 331.Pp 332Flood pinging is not recommended in general, and flood pinging the 333broadcast address should only be done under very controlled conditions. 334.Pp 335The 336.Fl v 337option is not worth much on busy hosts. 338.Sh SEE ALSO 339.Xr netstat 1 , 340.Xr ifconfig 8 , 341.Xr routed 8 342.Sh HISTORY 343The 344.Nm 345command appeared in 346.Bx 4.3 . |