PING subinsb.com (108.162.199.61) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 108.162.199.61: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=503 ms64 bytes from 108.162.199.61: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=416 ms
As you can see from the output, you got the TTL value. Since this website is hosted on a Red Hat system, it returned 57 which is close to 64 (TTL default value of Linux system). So, from this we can understand the OS of the remote system. Here are the default TTL values of different devices / Operating Systems :
Device / OS Version Protocol TTL
AIX TCP 60
AIX UDP 30
AIX 3.2, 4.1 ICMP 255
BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 and 4.0 ICMP 255
Compa Tru64 v5.0 ICMP 64
Cisco ICMP 254
DEC Pathworks V5 TCP and UDP 30
Foundry ICMP 64
FreeBSD 2.1R TCP and UDP 64
FreeBSD 3.4, 4.0 ICMP 255
FreeBSD 5 ICMP 64
HP-UX 9.0x TCP and UDP 30
HP-UX 10.01 TCP and UDP 64
HP-UX 10.2 ICMP 255
HP-UX 11 ICMP 255
HP-UX 11 TCP 64
Irix 5.3 TCP and UDP 60
Irix 6.x TCP and UDP 60
Irix 6.5.3, 6.5.8 ICMP 255
juniper ICMP 64
MPE/IX (HP) ICMP 200
Linux 2.0.x kernel ICMP 64
Linux 2.2.14 kernel ICMP 255
Linux 2.4 kernel ICMP 255
Linux Red Hat 9 ICMP and TCP 64
MacOS/MacTCP 2.0.x TCP and UDP 60
MacOS/MacTCP X (10.5.6) ICMP/TCP/UDP 64
NetBSD ICMP 255
Netgear FVG318 ICMP and UDP 64
OpenBSD 2.6 & 2.7 ICMP 255
OpenVMS 07.01.2002 ICMP 255
OS/2 TCP/IP 3.0 64
OSF/1 V3.2A TCP 60
OSF/1 V3.2A UDP 30
Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 ICMP 255
Solaris 2.8 TCP 64
Stratus TCP_OS ICMP 255
Stratus TCP_OS (14.2-) TCP and UDP 30
Stratus TCP_OS (14.3+) TCP and UDP 64
Stratus STCP ICMP/TCP/UDP 60
SunOS 4.1.3/4.1.4 TCP and UDP 60
SunOS 5.7 ICMP and TCP 255
Ultrix V4.1/V4.2A TCP 60
Ultrix V4.1/V4.2A UDP 30
Ultrix V4.2 – 4.5 ICMP 255
VMS/Multinet TCP and UDP 64
VMS/TCPware TCP 60
VMS/TCPware UDP 64
VMS/Wollongong 1.1.1.1 TCP 128
VMS/Wollongong 1.1.1.1 UDP 30
VMS/UCX TCP and UDP 128
Windows for Workgroups TCP and UDP 32
Windows 95 TCP and UDP 32
Windows 98 ICMP 32
Windows 98, 98 SE ICMP 128
Windows 98 TCP 128
Windows NT 3.51 TCP and UDP 32
Windows NT 4.0 TCP and UDP 128
Windows NT 4.0 SP5- 32
Windows NT 4.0 SP6+ 128
Windows NT 4 WRKS SP 3, SP 6a ICMP 128
Windows NT 4 Server SP4 ICMP 128
Windows ME ICMP 128
Windows 2000 pro ICMP/TCP/UDP 128
Windows 2000 family ICMP 128
Windows Server 2003 128
Windows XP ICMP/TCP/UDP 128
Windows Vista ICMP/TCP/UDP 128
Windows 7 ICMP/TCP/UDP 128
Windows Server 2008 ICMP/TCP/UDP 128
Windows 10 ICMP/TCP/UDP 128
I will update this table in the future when there’s a release of new important OS whenever I get the time. You can get the short version of default TTL values by this table :
Device / OS TTL
*nix (Linux/Unix) 64
Windows 128
Solaris/AIX 254
You can find it yourself by pinging localhost as mentioned by