Chapter 1
Network Administration
Remote Annex Administrator's Guide for UNIX
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Table B-11. Arguments for the ping Command (continued)
Argument
Description
–v
Displays the IP and ICMP packet headers for the reply from
the host.
host
The host, router, or Annex to which the ping is sent.
databytes
The number of bytes of data in the ICMP Echo Request
message. The default is 56.
count
The number of ICMP Echo Request messages to be sent to the
ping destination. The default is unlimited. When invoked with
–t, ping ignores the count argument.
The ping command display looks like this:
annex01# ping caddy
PING caddy: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 132.245.6.25: icmp_seq=0. time=37. ms
64 bytes from 132.245.6.25: icmp_seq=1. time=12. ms
64 bytes from 132.245.6.25: icmp_seq=2. time=12. ms
64 bytes from 132.245.6.25: icmp_seq=3. time=12. ms
----caddy PING Statistics----
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 12/20/37
For more details, see ping on page A-161.
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