`ping -c` in Windows: output error `Bad value for option -c.`

Question

I am learning ping utility in Windows 10 and when I try to run command in shell:

ping -c 3 example.com

I get the result:

Access denied. Option -c requires administrative privileges.

After executing from the administrator I get:

Bad value for option -c.

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The command reference (ping /?) says about this argument:

• [-c compartment] - Routing compartment identifier.

What does that mean? What values can this argument take?

However, -c is not mentioned on the Microsoft website!

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I also tried to use this command like this: ping -c google.com 8.8.8.8. Output:

Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=58
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=58
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=58
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 57ms, Maximum = 127ms, Average = 74ms

There was no error, but the result is the same as the command ping 8.8.8.8

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So, how do I use ping -c correctly in Windows?

Answer 1

It seems that you're using the -c parameter to stand for the count of ping requests. Under Windows the parameter is (default is 3):

-n count       Number of echo requests to send.

You may see all the parameters by using the command ping /?.

For the question about compartments :

Compartments are just relics of the earlier plans of supporting routing compartments in Windows Vista. Routing compartments were not re-introduced in later versions of Windows.

Some of the Windows commands still support parameters for compartments, dating from that partial implementation that was never finished, such as -c on ping, but these produce either errors or unusable information:

Ipconfig /allcompartments
Netsh interface ipv4 show compartments
Netsh interface ipv4 set compartment…