How can I do a ping every 500 ms?

Question

By default the time delay between two pings is equal to 1 second. My need is to reduce the delay between two pings to 500 ms (0.5 seconds). Is there any way to do this?

Answer 1

You could create an endless loop in PowerShell, send 1 ping there and wait for 500ms after sending it.

while ($true) { Test-Connection ServerName -Count 1 ; Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds 500 }

You can also Wrap it in a Function and put in in your PowerShell Profile to use it anytime

Function New-Ping {
    
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [string]$ComputerName,
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [int]$Intervall
    )

    while ($true) { 
        Test-Connection $ComputerName -Count 1
        Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds $Intervall 
    }
}

and use it like this from within PowerShell:

New-Ping ServerName 500

You can also use it in cmd.exe like so:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>powershell new-ping SRV 500

Source        Destination     IPV4Address      IPV6Address                              Bytes    Time(ms)
------        -----------     -----------      -----------                              -----    --------
CP            SRV            10.0.0.226                                                32       0
CP            SRV            10.0.0.226                                                32       0
CP            SRV            10.0.0.226                                                32       0

You can end the endless loop by pressing CTRL + C

Answer 2

You can do this with nping (from the makers of nmap)

1. First download and install the nmap package which includes nping.
2. In a command prompt change the directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\Nmap
3. Now run the following command: nping --delay 500ms --count 0 <target ip address>
   (the --count 0 option sets it to a continuous ping)

....from Nping Reference Guide:

Usage: nping [Probe mode] [Options] {target specification}
....
....
TIMING AND PERFORMANCE:
  Options which take <time> are in seconds, or append 'ms' (milliseconds),
  's' (seconds), 'm' (minutes), or 'h' (hours) to the value (e.g. 30m, 0.25h).
  --delay <time>                   : Adjust delay between probes.
  --rate  <rate>                   : Send num packets per second.

Answer 3

On Linux it is possible (recently minimum time was changed to 200ms = 0.2):

ping -i 0.2 server.com

Root can issue shorter time:

ping -i 0.01 server.com

Answer 4

You can't change the time between each ping request in the Windows command line. You'll need a 3rd party tool like fping or TruePing

Also see https://serverfault.com/questions/200468/how-can-i-set-a-short-timeout-with-the-ping-command

Answer 5

• In PowerShell

$cnt=0; while ($cnt -le 9) {$cnt++; Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds 500; Test-Connection 1.1.1.1 -Count 1}

• One option using aliases:

$cnt=0;while($cnt -le 9){$cnt++;Test-Connection 1.1.1.1  -Cou 1; sleep -M 500} 

Super golfed version from @wasif-hasan comment suggestion:

0..9|%{test-Connection 1.1.1.1 -cou 1;sleep -m 500}

• Outputs/Results:

Source        Destination     IPV4Address      IPV6Address                              Bytes    Time(ms) 
------        -----------     -----------      -----------                              -----    -------- 
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       18       
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       20       
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       15       
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       17       
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       15       
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       19       
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       16       
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       16       
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       18       
LAME_SLUG     1.1.1.1         1.1.1.1          2606:4700:4700::1111                     32       19 

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• Some further reading for PowerShell:

  [√] While | $cnt+

  [√] Test-Connection

  [√] Start-Sleep | Sleep

  [√] Remove-Variable | Rv

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• In Bat/CMD:

@echo off 

:loop
pathping 127.1 -n -q 1 -p 500 >nul 2>nul 
ping 151.101.193.69 -n 1 -4 & goto=:loop

• Or with a predefined ping/loop limit:

@echo off & setlocal

:loop
pathping 127.1 -n -q 1 -p 500 >nul 2>nul
ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -4 & set /a "_cnt+=1+0"
if %_cnt% leq 10 (goto:loop)else goto:eof

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Use pathping from Microsoft and comes with Windows

C:\Users\ecker>where pathping
C:\Windows\System32\PATHPING.EXE

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C:\Users\ecker>PATHPING.EXE /?
Usage: pathping [-g host-list] [-h maximum_hops] [-i address] [-n]
                [-p period] [-q num_queries] [-w timeout]
                [-4] [-6] target_name

Options:
    -g host-list     Loose source route along host-list.
    -h maximum_hops  Maximum number of hops to search for target.
    -i address       Use the specified source address.
    -n               Do not resolve addresses to hostnames.
    -p period        Wait period milliseconds between pings.
    -q num_queries   Number of queries per hop.
    -w timeout       Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply.
    -4               Force using IPv4.
    -6               Force using IPv6.

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Obs.: When -p is specified, pings are sent individually to each intermediate hop. When -w is specified, multiple pings can be sent in parallel. It is therefore possible to choose a Timeout parameter that is less than the wait Period * Number of hops.

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• Some further reading for cmd/bat:

  [√] PathPing