Checking Basic Connectivity; Ping; Traceroute - Extreme Networks Summit 300-48 Software User's Manual

Accessing the Switch

Checking Basic Connectivity

The switch offers the following commands for checking basic connectivity:
•

ping

•

traceroute

Ping
The command enables you to send Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo messages to a
ping
remote IP device. The
ping
The command syntax is:
ping
ping {continuous} {start-size <number>} [<ip_address> | <hostname>] {from
<src_address> | with record-route | from <src_ipaddress> with record-route}
Options for the ping command are described in Table 9.
Table 9: Ping Command Parameters
Parameter
continuous
start-size
<ipaddress>
<hostname>
from
with record-route
If a request fails, the switch continues to send
ping
interrupt a request.
ping
Traceroute
The command enables you to trace the routed path between the switch and a destination
traceroute
endstation. The
traceroute
traceroute [<ip_address> | <hostname>] {from <src_ipaddress>} {ttl <TTL>} {port
<port>}
where:
• is the IP address of the destination endstation.
ip_address
• is the hostname of the destination endstation. To use the hostname, you must first
hostname
configure DNS.
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command is available for both the user and administrator privilege level.
Description
Specifies ICMP echo messages to be sent continuously.
This option can be interrupted by pressing any key.
Specifies the size of the ICMP request. If the
start-size is specified, transmits ICMP requests
using 1 byte increments, per packet.
Specifies the IP address of the host.
Specifies the name of the host. To use the hostname,
you must first configure DNS.
Uses the specified source address in the ICMP packet.
If not specified, the address of the transmitting interface
is used.
Decodes the list of recorded routes and displays them
when the ICMP echo reply is received.
command syntax is:
messages until interrupted. Press any key to
ping
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