What is the default timeout value of "ping -W"?
Issue
- What is the default timeout value of "ping -W"?
- PING(8)
-W timeout
Time to wait for a response, in seconds. The option affects only timeout in absence of any responses, otherwise ping waits for two RTTs.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, 9
- iputils
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