Source-Interface - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Reference Manual

With routing table bypass, a remote host can bypass the normal routing tables and send ICMP packets
directly to a host on an attached network. If the host is not on a directly connected network, an error is
returned. You can use this function when pinging a local host on an interface that has no route defined.
Examples
# Bypass routing table when sending ICMP packets.
<Sysname> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z
[Sysname] remote-ping administrator icmp
[Sysname-remote-ping-administrator-icmp] sendpacket passroute

source-interface

Syntax
source-interface interface-type interface-number
undo source-interface
View
remote-ping test group view
Parameters
interface-type interface-number: Interface type and interface number.
Description
For ICMP tests, use the source-interface command to specify a source interface for sending ICMP
requests. The corresponding IP address of the specified interface is used as the source IP address of
ICMP requests. For DHCP tests, use the source-interface command to specify an interface for DHCP
probes.
For ICMP tests, use the undo source-interface command to remove the specified source interface,
and its corresponding IP address is no longer used as the source IP address of ICMP requests. For
DHCP tests, use the undo source-interface command to remove the specified interface for DHCP
probes.
By default, no source interface is specified for ICMP tests and no interface is configured for DHCP
probes.
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