Question : testing a signal strength or ping of death?

hi allz,

when I ping a pc with just a normal command i.e "ping server -t" it works fine untill stopp without any packet loss.
but when I ping the same pc with max. bytes i.e "ping server -t -l 65499" than it gives me an error "request time out"

my questions
why does it happens & how to solve?
does "ping server -t -l 65499" have any negative effect on the server ?
if "ping server-t -l 65499" gives proper replies than does it means that the cabling is good, or the connectivity is strong ?

your comments and suggestion about this matter is greatly welcome.

Thanks in advance.!

Answer : testing a signal strength or ping of death?

from the server console, try the following:

ping localhost -l 65500

and see what happens.

If the ping fails, then you know the sever is dropping the icmp packets.
If the ping succeeds, then an intermediate device (like a switch) may be dropping the icmp packets.

Will it have a negative effect on the server?  Probably not, just you'll be eating up network resources, esp. if you use the -t option.
For your second question:  Cabling is located at Layer-1 of the OSI model.  Ping/ICMP is a Layer-4 protocol.  If you have successfull pings across a link, then you know that the bottom 4 layers of the OSI model are "good".