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IP Interface Commands

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Related Commands

ip default-gateway (4-207)

ping

This command sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network.

Syntax

ping host [count count][size size]

host - IP address or IP alias of the host.
count - Number of packets to send. (Range: 1-16, default: 5)
size - Number of bytes in a packet. (Range: 32-512, default: 32)

The actual packet size will be eight bytes larger than the size specified
because the router adds header information.

Default Setting

This command has no default for the host.

Command Mode

Normal Exec, Privileged Exec

Command Usage

• Use the ping command to see if another site on the network can be reached.
• The following are some results of the ping command:

- Normal response - The normal response occurs in one to ten seconds,

depending on network traffic.

- Destination does not respond - If the host does not respond, a “timeout”

appears in ten seconds.

- Destination unreachable - The gateway for this destination indicates that

the destination is unreachable.

- Network or host unreachable - The gateway found no corresponding entry

in the route table.

• Press to stop pinging.

Example

Console#ping 10.1.0.9
Type ESC to abort.
PING to 10.1.0.9, by 5 32-byte payload ICMP packets, timeout is 5 seconds
response time: 10 ms
response time: 10 ms
response time: 10 ms
response time: 10 ms
response time: 0 ms
Ping statistics for 10.1.0.9:

5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received (100%), 0 packets lost (0%)

Approximate round trip times:

Minimum = 0 ms, Maximum = 10 ms, Average = 8 ms

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