The default inter-sample interval is 5 min. For intermittent problems, it may be necessary to reduce this interval, in which case the sample size of 100 ping packets should also be reduced. ICMP does not have windowing, and therefore in principle the packet rate can be increased to extremely high levels. Thus, the value of this parameter, too, is determined by the problem at hand. The default timeout period is 2 sec.
Type escape sequence to abort.