Testing A Remote Device For Accessibility - Nortel Versalar 15000 Troubleshooting Manual

Managing and Troubleshooting the Versalar Switch Router 15000
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Testing a Remote Device for Accessibility

The
is reachable. When you issue the
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request to the remote IP address
that you specify. The remote device responds if it can be reached, and the console
displays the response or the result of the request.
To ping a remote device running IP, enter the following command:
ping <IP_address>
[ -s <size>
IP_address
remote device. Note that hostname is also permitted if domain name service
(DNS) is configured.
-a address
-h max_hops
-n is optional. It disables DNS lookup.
-p is optional. It generates a path trace report that displays the intervening hop
addresses to the destination and the time that it took to reach them.
-r repeat_count
value from 0 to 10. The default is 1.
-s size
default is 16.
5-18
command allows you to test whether or not a remote device running IP
ping
[ -a <address>
] [ -t <timeout> ] [
is required. It is the IP address, in dotted-decimal notation, of the
is optional. It is the source address.
is optional. It defines the maximum number of hops allowed.
is optional. It is is the number of ping messages to send. Enter a
is optional. It is the number of bytes of data to send with each ping. The
The console displays the current system date, time, and
time zone offset, for example,
The system date and time change to:
16:02
The system date, time, and time zone offset change to:
Mar 10, 2000 16:02 [GMT-5]
command, the ping program sends an
ping
] [ -h <max_hops>
]
-v
Mar 08, 2000 16:00
Mar 10, 2000
] [ ] [ ] [ -r <repeat_count>
-n -p
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