What is undocumented "ping /?"

[Harvey]

What is this? Two versions of an undocumented ping command?
My provider is Verizon DSL.
8.15.7.117 seems to be a redirect via Verizon
Is therw a web based Reverse DNS I can look these up in?

Try these two pings:
C:\>ping ?

Pinging ? [63.251.179.13] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 63.251.179.13:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>ping /?

Pinging /? [8.15.7.117] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 8.15.7.117:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>

Thanks,
Harvey

 

[Harvey]

On Jun 11, 3:17 am, Harvey <harve...@juno.com> wrote:
> What is this? Two versions of an undocumented ping command?
> My provider is Verizon DSL.
> 8.15.7.117 seems to be a redirect via Verizon
> Is therw a web based Reverse DNS I can look these up in?
>
> Try these two pings:
> C:\>ping ?
>
> Pinging ? [63.251.179.13] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
>
> Ping statistics for 63.251.179.13:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
>
> C:\>ping /?
>
> Pinging /? [8.15.7.117] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
>
> Ping statistics for 8.15.7.117:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
>
> C:\>
>
> Thanks,
> Harvey

Found some answers
http://whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/lookup-ip
Gives:
Hostname: 63.251.179.13
ISP: Internap Network Services
Organization: Internet Search Services
or
Hostname: 8.15.7.117
ISP: Level 3 Communications
Organization: Co-Location.com

But why are these two pings giving me this?
Harvey

 

[Harvey]

On Jun 11, 3:17 am, Harvey <harve...@juno.com> wrote:
> What is this? Two versions of an undocumented ping command?
> My provider is Verizon DSL.
> 8.15.7.117 seems to be a redirect via Verizon
> Is therw a web based Reverse DNS I can look these up in?
>
> Try these two pings:
> C:\>ping ?
>
> Pinging ? [63.251.179.13] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
>
> Ping statistics for 63.251.179.13:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
>
> C:\>ping /?
>
> Pinging /? [8.15.7.117] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
>
> Ping statistics for 8.15.7.117:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
>
> C:\>
>
> Thanks,
> Harvey

Okay, silly me.
ping is just looking up the site named "?" or "/?" and redirecting to
a page that says "404 Not Found."
It's not an "undocumented" command.
I was only trying to remember the "ping -?" command for help.
No more questions.
Harvey

 

[PCR]

Harvey wrote:
| On Jun 11, 3:17 am, Harvey <harve...@juno.com> wrote:
|> What is this? Two versions of an undocumented ping command?
|> My provider is Verizon DSL.
|> 8.15.7.117 seems to be a redirect via Verizon
|> Is therw a web based Reverse DNS I can look these up in?
|>
|> Try these two pings:
|> C:\>ping ?
|>
|> Pinging ? [63.251.179.13] with 32 bytes of data:
|>
|> Request timed out.
|> Request timed out.
|> Request timed out.
|> Request timed out.
|>
|> Ping statistics for 63.251.179.13:
|> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
|> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
|> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
|>
|> C:\>ping /?
|>
|> Pinging /? [8.15.7.117] with 32 bytes of data:
|>
|> Request timed out.
|> Request timed out.
|> Request timed out.
|> Request timed out.
|>
|> Ping statistics for 8.15.7.117:
|> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
|> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
|> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
|>
|> C:\>
|>
|> Thanks,
|> Harvey
|
| Okay, silly me.
| ping is just looking up the site named "?" or "/?" and redirecting to
| a page that says "404 Not Found."
| It's not an "undocumented" command.
| I was only trying to remember the "ping -?" command for help.
| No more questions.

PING -? does what you say. But, for me, so does PING /?, & PING ?
does...

C:\>ping ?
Unknown host ?.

C:\>ping /?
Usage: ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS]
[-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]]
[-w timeout] destination-list

Options:
-t Ping the specified host until stopped.
To see statistics and continue - type Control-Break
To stop - type Control-C.
-a Resolve addresses to hostnames.
-n count Number of echo requests to send.
-l size Send buffer size.
-f Set Don't Fragment flag in packet.
-i TTL Time To Live.
-v TOS Type Of Service.
-r count Record route for count hops.
-s count Timestamp for count hops.
-j host-list Loose source route along host-list.
-k host-list Strict source route along host-list.
-w timeout Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply.

| Harvey

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