Why doesn't “ping -l” works when ping works?

Question

I can ping

ping AddressIp
64 bytes from indirizzoIp: icmp_req=1 ttl=42 time=149 ms

but with additionnal parameter

ping AddressIp -l 1400 
ping: cannot set preload to value > 3

ping AddressIp -t -l 1400
ping: can't set unicast time-to-live: Invalid argument

Why can't I ping?

Answer 1

ping AddressIp -l 1400 
ping: cannot set preload to value > 3

You need superuser rights to access this feature of ping with a value more than 3.

Try:

sudo ping AddressIp -l 1400

UPDATE:

Do you want a "size" option for your ping packets? I guess, in Windows option -l means "size of the packet", but in Linux there is another option for that.

Try -s option:

sudo ping  AddressIp  -s 1000 -l 1400

DE BENE ESSE

In Linux ping is going until you stop it, so you don't need the Windows -t option.

Answer 2

From ping's manpage:

-l preload
       If  preload is specified, ping sends that many packets not waiting 
       for reply.  Only the super-user may select preload more than 3.

-p pattern
       You may specify up to 16 ``pad'' bytes to fill  out  the  packet
       you send.  This is useful for diagnosing data-dependent problems
       in a network.  For example, -p ff will cause the sent packet  to
       be filled with all ones.

So make sure you run ping under super user and feed to -p option an argument.