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'''-M do / -f / -D''' The important option! This means don't fragment the ping packet - we don't want the ping split into multiple packets when testing MTU!
 
''' -s 1472 / -l 1472''' The payload size. When setting size in ping, the size is the payload size - not the full packet size. '''The full packet size is''' <syntaxhighlight inlinett> payload (1472) + IP header (20) + ICMP header (8) </syntaxhighlighttt>, so this is 1500 in total!
 
==Two quick examples==
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