Ping - Supermicro SSE-G2252 User Manual

ping

This command sends (IPv4) ICMP echo request packets to another node on the
network.
Syntax
ping host [count count] [size size]
host - IP address or IP alias of the host.
count - Number of packets to send. (Range: 1-16)
size - Number of bytes in a packet (Range: 32-512). The actual packet size will be
eight bytes larger than the size specified because the router adds header
information.
Default Setting
count: 5
size: 32 bytes
Command Mode
Normal Exec, Privileged Exec
Command Usage
• Use the ping command to see if another site on the network can be reached.
• The following are some results of the ping command:
• Normal response - The normal response occurs in one to ten seconds,
depending on network traffic.
• Destination does not respond - If the host does not respond, a "timeout"
appears in ten seconds.
• Destination unreachable - The gateway for this destination indicates that the
destination is unreachable.
• Network or host unreachable - The gateway found no corresponding entry in the
route table.
• When pinging a host name, be sure the DNS servers have been specified (see
page 40-6) and host name-to-address translation enabled
local devices can also be specified in the DNS static host table (see
Chapter 42: IP Interface Commands
42-7
(page 40-3). If necessary,
page 40-5).