How to perform continues ping operation on your computer

Here I am providing a simple command line method to perform continues ping operation on our computer. We need to use continues ping while troubleshooting some networking issues where normal ping operation is not enough.

What is continues ping

Continues ping utility is an extension of normal ping where normal ping operation will receive only 4 replies from the destination address. Continues ping operation will continuously receives reply until we terminate the process manually.


How to start continues ping

To start continues ping we need to go to command prompt by:

1. Click on start

2. In XP click on run and type cmd and press OK.

3. In Vista type command in search and press enter.

4. On command prompt window type

ping {Destination IP} -t

I recommend you to look at the image provided below.




After pressing enter you will start getting replies from the destination IP address until you terminate the process.


Temporarily Interrupt continues ping operation


To temporarily interrupt continues ping operation press [Ctrl][Break] buttons together.


Terminate the continues ping operation

To terminate the continues ping operation press [Ctrl]C together.

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