Version 7.9.1.0
Version 7.6.1.0
Version 7.5.1.0
Version 7.4.1.0
Usage
When you enter the ping command without specifying an IP/IPv6 address (Extended Ping),
Information
you are prompted for a target IP/IPv6 address, a repeat count, a datagram size (up to 1500
bytes), a timeout (in seconds), and for Extended Commands. For information on the ICMP
message codes that return from a ping command, refer to
The following table provides descriptions for the ping command status response symbols
displayed in the output.
Symbol
!
.
U
Q
M
?
&
Example (IPv4)
FTOS#ping 172.31.1.255
Type Ctrl-C to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.31.1.255, timeout is 2
seconds:
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.208 0 ms
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.216 0 ms
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.205 16 ms
::
Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.209 0 ms
Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.66 0 ms
Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.87 0 ms
FTOS#
Example (IPv6)
FTOS#ping 100::1
Type Ctrl-C to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 100::1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100.0 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max =
0/0/0 (ms)
FTOS#
136
Introduced VRF.
Introduced on the S-Series.
Introduced on the C-Series.
Added support for IPv6 address on the E-Series.
Description
Each exclamation point indicates receipt of a reply.
Each period indicates the network server timed out while waiting for
a reply.
A destination unreachable error PDU was received.
Source quench (destination too busy).
Could not fragment.
Unknown packet type.
Packet lifetime exceeded.
ICMP Message
Types.