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Ping
Results
To succeed, a Ping command shall be acknowledged by the network
device within a given delay. Typically a Ping command can fail for the
following reasons:
The IP address is unavailable or unknown.
The time allowed to perform the Ping command is too short
The remote device is not supporting ICMP messaging.
#: Indicates the attempt number.
Status: Indicates the status of the attempt.
Status
Description
Successful
Valid ICMPv4/ICMPv6 echo reply received.
User Aborted When a user has manually stopped the Ping function before the end of
attempts.
Time Out
When an ICMPv4/ICMPv6 echo reply was not received within the
defined timeout.
Destination
Specified is
invalid
With reserved IP addresses:
For IPv4: 0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.0, and all addresses above 240.0.0.0 (Class E
and above).
For IPv6: 0::/8 (reserved/unspecified), 0::1/128 (Loopback), FF00::/8
(Multicast).
TTL Expired
When the number of TTL was insufficient to reach the destination host.
Destination
Unreachable
For IPv4: When the IP address is unreachable (no default gateway for
an IP address, not in the same subnet, or an ICMP Unreachable
message is received.
For IPv6: When the IP address is unreachable (no default gateway for
an IP address, not in the same subnet, or address resolution failed) or
an ICMP Destination Unreachable message is received.