All Ping options and their functions

Example .. In DOS .. c:>ping 192.168.0.1 -t

-t Ping the specifed host until interrupted
-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

Experiment to see how helpful these can be!