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On 2018-08-19 02:37, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> On 8/18/18, Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On 08/18/2018 01:54 PM, Brian wrote:
>>> What does 'ip a' give you? And 'ping -cwww.debian.org?
>>> 
>>    Thanksfot the reply.
>> 
>> root@AbNormal:/home/comp# ip a
>> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
>> group default qlen 1
>>      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
>>      inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
>>         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>      inet6 ::1/128 scope host
>>         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>> 2: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
>> state UP group default qlen 1000
>>      link/ether bc:ee:7b:5e:83:36 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>>      inet 192.168.1.123/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic 
>> enp2s0
>>         valid_lft 86368sec preferred_lft 86368sec
>>      inet6 2600:1700:4280:3690::33/128 scope global dynamic
>>         valid_lft 1209566sec preferred_lft 1209566sec
>>      inet6 2600:1700:4280:3690:f15f:a615:62e3:1b2d/64 scope global
>> temporary dynamic
>>         valid_lft 604766sec preferred_lft 85961sec
>>      inet6 2600:1700:4280:3690:beee:7bff:fe5e:8336/64 scope global
>> mngtmpaddr noprefixroute dynamic
>>         valid_lft 1209598sec preferred_lft 1209598sec
>>      inet6 fe80::beee:7bff:fe5e:8336/64 scope link
>>         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>> root@AbNormal:/home/comp#
>> 
>> root@AbNormal:/home/comp# ping -c www.debian.org
>> 
>> but, without the -c switch:
>> 
>> PING www.debian.org(mirror-isc3.debian.org (2001:4f8:1:c::15)) 56 data
>> bytes
>> ^C
>> --- www.debian.org ping statistics ---
>> 12 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 11266ms
>> 
>> root@AbNormal:/home/comp#
>> 
>> ping: bad number of packets to transmit.
>> root@AbNormal:/home/comp#
> 
> 
> I tried this, too, while lurking along. Received the same "bad number
> of packets" *abrupt retort* to "ping -c". I didn't want to
> interject/bother anyone here so I searched the Net instead.
> 
> Only 175 pages pulled up when that advisement is enclosed in quotation
> marks. A slightly wider search with 'ping "bad number of packets"'
> only raised it to 360 pages.
> 
> That seems curiously small. Does it mean it's something that people
> pretty much don't need and/or just don't know they could address
> somehow?
> 
> Two for two of us here tried it and received that message so that's
> why I decided to put this out here. Are we the only two in the World
> with this... no, surely not...
> 
> And ultimately.... does it matter enough that it could maybe use some,
> e.g. Publicity Team, airtime now that it has come up in a very
> informative way?
> 
> It's the first time I've ever done the "ping -c", I always just ping
> because I never thought about taking it any further than just making
> sure I was connected to the Net... to which I am so am off to search
> for answers. :)
> 
> Cindy :)
I think you are supposed to put a number after -c
man ping

mick
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Repository Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-17 21:10 +0200
  Re: Repository Problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-17 21:30 +0200
    Re: Repository Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-17 21:40 +0200
      Re: Repository Problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-17 22:00 +0200
    Re: Repository Problem Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-08-17 22:10 +0200
      Re: Repository Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-17 23:30 +0200
  Re: Repository Problem john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-08-17 22:00 +0200
    Re: Repository Problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-17 23:40 +0200
      Re: Repository Problem Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-20 15:00 +0200
        Re: Repository Problem john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-08-20 15:30 +0200
  Re: Repository Problem David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2018-08-18 12:20 +0200
    Re: Repository Problem Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-08-18 16:30 +0200
      Re: Repository Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-18 17:20 +0200
        Re: Repository Problem Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-08-18 18:00 +0200
          Re: Repository Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-18 19:50 +0200
            Re: Repository Problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-18 20:00 +0200
              Re: Repository Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-18 21:00 +0200
                Re: Repository Problem Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-08-19 03:40 +0200
                Re: Repository Problem mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-08-19 06:00 +0200
                Re: Repository Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-19 14:50 +0200
                Re: Repository Problem Freek de Kruijf <f.de.kruijf@gmail.com> - 2018-08-19 14:30 +0200
                Re: Repository Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-19 14:50 +0200
            Re: Repository Problem Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-08-18 20:10 +0200
            Re: Repository Problem Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-08-18 21:00 +0200

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