![]() The -a (lower case a) causes an audible bell whenever the target replies to a ping. Situation: a server is down, you’re trying to fix the networking and want an immediate heads-up when it starts to ping. ![]() Note: this works natively on Mac OSX, for Windows you’ll need something like bping and on Linux there’s only limited audible support ( ping can only make a sound when it can ping the target). You can leave this ping running in the background and focus on your main task, it’ll give you a clear but subtle beep when the server starts/stops replying to ping requests. This is super useful if you’re reconfiguring a server’s networking stack, and want to have immediate feedback when the server starts or stops ping’ing. After so many years, you think the ping command couldn't get any better, right? Well, it may be common knowledge for a lot of sysadmins out there, but I sure as hell didn't know it yet: ping can make a sound when it can or can't ping a target.
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