- 1 year ago
Why does ping ::1 -n 3 only wait 2 seconds?
When running the command ping ::1 -n 3
, the behavior you're observing where it waits for 2 seconds instead of the expected 3 seconds could be due to the default timeout settings of the ping
command.
By default, the ping
command on Windows has a timeout value of 1 second. When specifying the -n
option followed by a number, it indicates the number of echo requests to send. Each request has a default timeout of 1 second, so with -n 3
, it sends 3 echo requests with a timeout of 1 second each.
The total time taken by the ping
command includes the time spent sending and receiving the echo requests, as well as any additional delays caused by network latency. So, even though you specify 3 requests, the total time may be less than the sum of the individual timeouts.
If you need to increase the overall timeout of the ping
command, you can specify a larger value using the -w
option followed by the desired timeout value in milliseconds. For example, to set a timeout of 3 seconds for each request, you can use the command ping ::1 -n 3 -w 3000
.
Keep in mind that the actual response time can vary depending on various factors such as network conditions, system load, and other factors affecting network latency.