Table C3-15. Arguments For The Superuser Ping Command - Bay Networks 5390 Administering

Using the CLI Commands
The syntax is:
ping [–artv] host [databytes [count]]
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Table C3-15. Arguments for the Superuser ping Command

Argument Description
–a Generates AppleTalk Echo Protocol (AEP) echo request
packets to a target node. Displays the time the packet took to
turn around.
–r Bypasses the normal routing tables and sends the message
directly to a host on an attached network. An error returns if
the host is not on a directly attached network. This option can
ping a local host through an unlisted interface in the routing
tables.
–t Traces the path of a packet from the local host to the
destination host and back, displaying information about each
router in the path. This option allows you to see whether a
packet arrived at and/or returned from its remote destination
and, if not, where it stopped. The option is based on the
Traceroute facility described in RFC 1393. For more
information, see Using the –t (traceroute) Option on page
C3-39. Table C3-16 on page C3-40 describes the fields
displayed by this option. You can use –t with the –r and/or –v
option, but not with –a.
–v Displays the IP and ICMP packet headers for the reply from
the host.
host The host, router, or Model 5390 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 pings to be sent to the destination. The default
is unlimited. When invoked with the –t option, ping ignores
the count argument.
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