3Com 3CRWX120695A Command Reference Manual page 132

132 C 6: IP S
HAPTER ERVICES
C
OMMANDS
Syntax —
ping host [count num-packets ] [dnf] [flood]
[interval time] [size size] [source-ip ip-addr | vlan-name]
— IP address, MAC address, hostname, alias, or user to ping.
host
count num-packets
specify from 0 through 2,147,483,647. If you enter 0, MSS pings
continuously until you interrupt the command.
— Enables the Do Not Fragment bit in the ping packet to prevent
dnf
the packet from being fragmented.
— Sends new ping packets as quickly as replies are received, or
flood
100 times per second, whichever is greater.
Use the flood option sparingly. This option creates a lot of traffic and can
affect other traffic on the network.
interval time
milliseconds. You can specify from 100 through 10,000.
— Packet size, in bytes. You can specify from 56 through
size size
65,507.
Because the WX switch adds header information, the ICMP packet size is
8 bytes larger than the size you specify.
source-ip ip-addr
as the source IP address in the ping packets.
source-ip vlan-name
uses the IP address configured on the VLAN as the source IP address in
the ping packets.
Defaults
count — 5.
dnf — Disabled.
interval — 100 (one tenth of a second)
size — 56.
Access — Enabled.
History — Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.
Usage — To stop a ping command that is in progress, press Ctrl+C.
— Number of ping packets to send. You can
— Time interval between ping packets, in
— IP address, in dotted decimal notation, to use
— VLAN name to use as the ping source. MSS