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Chapter 2: Status Commands Efficient Networks ® Router family
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ping
Transmits an echo message, available within the TCP/IP protocol suite. The echo
message is sent to a remote node and returned; the echo tests connectivity to the
remote node. It is particularly useful for locating connection problems on a network.
The remote node can be specified by IP address or by domain name. If a domain
name is specified, the address of the domain is requested from the domain name
server (DNS).
A status message is issued for each echo message sent.
NOTE:
You cannot ping your own LAN address; you can ping your own WAN address.
To fit the echo message into one ATM cell in routing mode, set the length of user data
down to 0 bytes (-s 0 or -l 0).
NOTE:
To terminate the ping before it ends, press control-c.
Mgmt Class
Network (R/W)
Input Format
ping [-c ] [-i ] [- s | -l )] [-I
] |
Parameters
-c
a
a integer, 1 - 2000000000 (5)
Number of packets sent.
-i
b
b integer, 1 - 10 (1)
Wait period between packets in seconds.
-s | -l
c
c integer, 0 - 1648 (56)
Packet data length in bytes.
-I
d
d
Dotted-decimal notation
Source IP address contained in the echo message. Use this option
to force packets into a tunnel or to force use of the management ad-
dress as the source address.
d Remote node to which the echo message is sent. It can be specified
by its domain name or by its IP address.
e
e
ASCII string