Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 611

Example 30.10 Output of the Command ping
ping -c 3 example.com
PING example.com (130.57.5.75) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from example.com (130.57.5.75): icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=188 ms
64 bytes from example.com (130.57.5.75): icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=184 ms
64 bytes from example.com (130.57.5.75): icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=183 ms
--- example.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2007ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 183.417/185.447/188.259/2.052 ms
The default interval between two packets is one second. To change the interval, ping
provides option -i. For example to increase ping interval to ten seconds, enter ping -i
10 192.168.0.
In a system with multiple network devices, it is sometimes useful to send the ping
through a specific interface address. To do so, use the -I option with the name of the
selected device, for example, ping -I wlan1 192.168.0.
For more options and information about using ping, enter ping -h or see the ping
(8) man page.
Configuring the Network with ifconfig
ifconfig is a traditional network configuration tool. In contrast to ip, you can use it
only for interface configuration. If you want to configure routing, use route.
NOTE: ifconfig and ip
The program ifconfig is obsolete. Use ip instead.
Without arguments, ifconfig displays the status of the currently active interfaces. As
you can see in Example 30.11, "Output of the ifconfig Command"
has very well-arranged and detailed output. The output also contains information about
the MAC address of your device, the value of HWaddr, in the first line.
(page 594), ifconfig
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