Ping - Efficient Networks Router family Command Line Interface Manual

Chapter 2: Status Commands

ping

Transmits an echo message, available within the TCP/IP protocol suite. The echo
message is sent to a remote node and returned; the echo tests connectivity to the
remote node. It is particularly useful for locating connection problems on a network.
The remote node can be specified by IP address or by domain name. If a domain
name is specified, the address of the domain is requested from the domain name
server (DNS).
A status message is issued for each echo message sent.
NOTE:
You cannot ping your own LAN address; you can ping your own WAN address.
To fit the echo message into one ATM cell in routing mode, set the length of user data
down to 0 bytes (-s 0 or -l 0).
NOTE:
To terminate the ping before it ends, press control-c.
Mgmt Class
Network (R/W)
Input Format
ping [-c <count>] [-i <wait>] [- s | -l <size>)] [-I
<srceaddr>] <ipaddr> | <domainname>
Parameters
-c <count>
-i <wait>
-s | -l <size>
-I <scraddr>
d
<ipaddr>
<domainname>
a
integer, 1 - 2000000000 (5)
b
integer, 1 - 10 (1)
c
integer, 0 - 1648 (56)
d
Dotted-decimal notation
e
ASCII string
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a
Number of packets sent.
b
Wait period between packets in seconds.
c
Packet data length in bytes.
d
Source IP address contained in the echo message. Use this option
to force packets into a tunnel or to force use of the management ad-
dress as the source address.
Remote node to which the echo message is sent. It can be specified
by its domain name or by its IP address.
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