Something I just found and thought it might be good to share: http://blog.sqawasmi.com/index.php/2009/09/28/ping-tip-ctl-backslash/
Sending SIGQUIT (ctrl-\) to ping will make it print a status line and continue pinging. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html