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220-802 · Question #425

A technician wants to verify a remote printer that has been power cycled is back online. The technician would use which of the following commands and switch?

The correct answer is C. ping -t. The command 'ping -t [IP address]' sends a continuous stream of ICMP echo requests to the target until the technician manually stops it with Ctrl+C. This makes it ideal for monitoring when a device (like a printer) comes back online after a power cycle-the technician watches…

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Question

A technician wants to verify a remote printer that has been power cycled is back online. The technician would use which of the following commands and switch?

Options

  • Atracert -t
  • Bipconfig /renew
  • Cping -t
  • Dnslookup -ttl

How the community answered

(46 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    7% (3)
  • C
    87% (40)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

The command 'ping -t [IP address]' sends a continuous stream of ICMP echo requests to the target until the technician manually stops it with Ctrl+C. This makes it ideal for monitoring when a device (like a printer) comes back online after a power cycle-the technician watches for replies to resume. 'tracert -t' is not a valid tracert switch. 'ipconfig /renew' requests a new DHCP lease for the local machine. 'nslookup -ttl' is not a standard command syntax and is unrelated to connectivity verification.

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#ping command#network connectivity#printer troubleshooting#CLI switches

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