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* The '''/sbin/ping_reboot 1 8.8.8.8 NULL 2 56 5 1 0 cfg02c21d''' part indicates the action that is to be taken. In this case it is the ''/sbin/ping_reboot'' command with the options ''1 8.8.8.8 NULL 2 56 5 1 0 cfg02c21d'' that go with it
* The '''/sbin/ping_reboot 1 8.8.8.8 NULL 2 56 5 1 0 cfg02c21d''' part indicates the action that is to be taken. In this case it is the ''/sbin/ping_reboot'' command with the options ''1 8.8.8.8 NULL 2 56 5 1 0 cfg02c21d'' that go with it
* The '''*/5 * * * *''' part indicates the frequency at which the action is executed. It consists out of five segments: '''minute''', '''hour''', '''day of the month''', '''month''' and '''day of the week''' in that order. A table of examples on how to specify this frequency is presented below:
* The '''*/5 * * * *''' part indicates the frequency at which the action is executed. It consists out of five segments: '''minute''', '''hour''', '''day of month''', '''month''' and '''day of week''' in that order. A table of examples on how to specify this frequency is presented below:
 
min    hour    day/month    month    day/week    Description
0-59  0-23    1-31        1-12    0-6
*/5    *      *            *        *            every 5 minutes
12    */3    *            *        *            every 3 hours at 12 minutes
57    11      15          1,6,12  *            At 11:57 Hrs on 15th of Jan, June & Dec.
25    6      *            *        1-5          At 6:25 AM every weekday (Mon-Fri)
0      0      4,12,26      *        *            At midnight on 4th, 12th and 26th of every month
5,10  9,14    10          *        0,4          At 9:05AM, 9:10AM, 2:05PM and 2:10PM every Sunday and Thursday
 


{| class="wikitable"
|+
! style="width: 130px; text-align: left;" | Segment
| style="width: 100px; text-align: center; | '''minute'''
| style="width: 100px; text-align: center; | '''hour'''
| style="width: 110px; text-align: center; | '''day of month'''
| style="width: 100px; text-align: center; | '''month'''
| style="width: 100px; text-align: center; | '''day of week'''
| rowspan="2" style="width: 500px; text-align: center; | '''Description'''
|-
! style="text-align: left;" | Possible values
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | '''0-59'''
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | '''0-23'''
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | '''1-31'''
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | '''1-12'''
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | '''0-6'''
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align: left;" | Examples
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | */5
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | every 5 minutes
|-
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 12
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | */3
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | every 3 hours at 12 minutes
|-
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 57
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 11
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 15
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 1/6/12
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | At 11:57 Hrs on 15th of Jan, June & Dec.
|-
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 25
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 6
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 1
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 5
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | At 6:25 AM every weekday (Mon-Fri)
|-
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 0
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 0
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 4,12,26
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | At midnight on 4th, 12th and 26th of every month
|-
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 5.10
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 9.14
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 10
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | *
| style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" | 0,4
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | At 9:05AM, 9:10AM, 2:05PM and 2:10PM every Sunday and Thursday
|-
|}
==External links==
==External links==


https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html - PuTTY downloads page link
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html - PuTTY downloads page link