Ping options

[StickyBit]

What ping options would I use to send fewer packets to a host? I am trying to shorten the amount of time it takes for my prompt to be returned to me if a host doesn’t respond. The options will be used in my script which is currently taking to long to run, due to hosts not responding to ping.

Thanks.

 

[Annihilannic]

ping on Solaris only sends one packet by default, it's the timeout you need to reduce. Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be any option to do so. Annihilannic.

 

[pmcmicha]

I just checked ping on a solaris box and found this:

/usr/sbin/ping host [ timeout ]

I tried it and it seems to work.

for HOST in `cat /tmp/table`
do
/usr/sbin/ping ${HOST} 5 # Where 5 = 5 seconds
done

 

[Annihilannic]

I think I need new glasses!

The number of times I've trawled that man page looking for a timeout option... Annihilannic.