What is undocumented "ping /?"

[Guest Harvey]

What is this? Two versions of an undocumented ping command?

My provider is Verizon DSL.

8.15.7.117 seems to be a redirect via Verizon

Is therw a web based Reverse DNS I can look these up in?

 

Try these two pings:

C:\>ping ?

 

Pinging ? [63.251.179.13] with 32 bytes of data:

 

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

 

Ping statistics for 63.251.179.13:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

 

C:\>ping /?

 

Pinging /? [8.15.7.117] with 32 bytes of data:

 

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

 

Ping statistics for 8.15.7.117:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

 

C:\>

 

Thanks,

Harvey

[Guest Harvey]

Re: What is undocumented "ping /?"

 

On Jun 11, 3:17 am, Harvey <harve...@juno.com> wrote:

> What is this? Two versions of an undocumented ping command?

> My provider is Verizon DSL.

> 8.15.7.117 seems to be a redirect via Verizon

> Is therw a web based Reverse DNS I can look these up in?

>

> Try these two pings:

> C:\>ping ?

>

> Pinging ? [63.251.179.13] with 32 bytes of data:

>

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

>

> Ping statistics for 63.251.179.13:

> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

>

> C:\>ping /?

>

> Pinging /? [8.15.7.117] with 32 bytes of data:

>

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

>

> Ping statistics for 8.15.7.117:

> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

>

> C:\>

>

> Thanks,

> Harvey

 

Found some answers

http://whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/lookup-ip

Gives:

Hostname: 63.251.179.13

ISP: Internap Network Services

Organization: Internet Search Services

or

Hostname: 8.15.7.117

ISP: Level 3 Communications

Organization: Co-Location.com

 

But why are these two pings giving me this?

Harvey

[Guest Harvey]

Re: What is undocumented "ping /?"

 

On Jun 11, 3:17 am, Harvey <harve...@juno.com> wrote:

> What is this? Two versions of an undocumented ping command?

> My provider is Verizon DSL.

> 8.15.7.117 seems to be a redirect via Verizon

> Is therw a web based Reverse DNS I can look these up in?

>

> Try these two pings:

> C:\>ping ?

>

> Pinging ? [63.251.179.13] with 32 bytes of data:

>

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

>

> Ping statistics for 63.251.179.13:

> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

>

> C:\>ping /?

>

> Pinging /? [8.15.7.117] with 32 bytes of data:

>

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

> Request timed out.

>

> Ping statistics for 8.15.7.117:

> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

>

> C:\>

>

> Thanks,

> Harvey

 

Okay, silly me.

ping is just looking up the site named "?" or "/?" and redirecting to

a page that says "404 Not Found."

It's not an "undocumented" command.

I was only trying to remember the "ping -?" command for help.

No more questions.

Harvey

[Guest PCR]

Re: What is undocumented "ping /?"

 

Harvey wrote:

| On Jun 11, 3:17 am, Harvey <harve...@juno.com> wrote:

|> What is this? Two versions of an undocumented ping command?

|> My provider is Verizon DSL.

|> 8.15.7.117 seems to be a redirect via Verizon

|> Is therw a web based Reverse DNS I can look these up in?

|>

|> Try these two pings:

|> C:\>ping ?

|>

|> Pinging ? [63.251.179.13] with 32 bytes of data:

|>

|> Request timed out.

|> Request timed out.

|> Request timed out.

|> Request timed out.

|>

|> Ping statistics for 63.251.179.13:

|> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

|> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

|> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

|>

|> C:\>ping /?

|>

|> Pinging /? [8.15.7.117] with 32 bytes of data:

|>

|> Request timed out.

|> Request timed out.

|> Request timed out.

|> Request timed out.

|>

|> Ping statistics for 8.15.7.117:

|> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

|> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

|> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

|>

|> C:\>

|>

|> Thanks,

|> Harvey

|

| Okay, silly me.

| ping is just looking up the site named "?" or "/?" and redirecting to

| a page that says "404 Not Found."

| It's not an "undocumented" command.

| I was only trying to remember the "ping -?" command for help.

| No more questions.

 

PING -? does what you say. But, for me, so does PING /?, & PING ?

does...

 

C:\>ping ?

Unknown host ?.

 

C:\>ping /?

Usage: ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS]

[-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]]

[-w timeout] destination-list

 

Options:

-t Ping the specified host until stopped.

To see statistics and continue - type Control-Break;

To stop - type Control-C.

-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.

-i TTL Time To Live.

-v TOS Type Of Service.

-r count Record route for count hops.

-s count Timestamp for count hops.

-j host-list Loose source route along host-list.

-k host-list Strict source route along host-list.

-w timeout Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply.

 

| Harvey

 

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