Table C-52. Arguments For The Superuser Ping Command - Nortel 2000 Software Reference Manual

Chapter 3 Using the CLI Commands
Remote Annex Administrator's Guide for UNIX
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The syntax is:
ping [–artv] host [databytes [count]]

Table C-52. 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 table 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 table.
–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 A-165. Table C-53 on page A-167
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 Remote 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 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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