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In this case one should run "ping -n", otherwise ping will hang trying to resolve the IP into an hostname, if the DNS is misbehaving or not responding.
by 1_player 8y ago
In this case one should run "ping -n", otherwise ping will hang trying to resolve the IP into an hostname, if the DNS is misbehaving or not responding.
- sathackr 8y agowhat default(included in OS) ping utility tries to reverse-lookup an address before pinging, and hangs if it can't. I've never observed this in any version of Windows nor Linux.