System Management; Ping - Dell PowerConnect 5324 Command Line Interface Reference Manual

System Management

ping

The ping User EXEC mode command sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the
network.
Syntax
ping ip-address | hostname [size packet_size] [count packet_count] [timeout time_out]
• ip-address—IP address to ping.
• hostname—hostname to ping. (Range: 1 - 158 characters)
• packet_size—Number of bytes in a packet. The actual packet size is eight bytes larger
than the size specified because the switch adds header information. (Range: 56 - 1472
bytes)
• packet_count—Number of packets to send. If 0 is entered it pings until stopped. (Range:
0 - 65535 packets)
• time_out—Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply. (Range: 50 - 65535
milliseconds).
Default Configuration
timeout time_out—The default is 2000 milliseconds.
Command Mode
User EXEC mode
User Guidelines
Press Esc to stop pinging. Following are sample results of the ping command:
• Destination (host/network) unreachable—The gateway for this destination indicates that
the destination is unreachable.
Console# ping 180.50.1.1
Pinging 180.50.1.1 with 56 bytes of data:
PING: net-unreachable
PING: net-unreachable
PING: net-unreachable
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