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Parameter Description
source Use the source parameter to specify the source IP/IPv6 address or interface to use when sending
the Echo requests packets.
hostname Use the hostname parameter to resolve to an IPv4 or IPv6 address. The ipv6 keyword is specified
to resolve the host name to IPv6 address. The IPv4 address is resolved if no keyword is specified.
ipv6 The optional keyword ipv6 can be used before the ipv6-address or hostname argument. Using
the ipv6 optional keyword before hostname tries to resolve it directly to the IPv6 address. Also
used for pinging a link-local IPv6 address.
interface Use the interface keyword to ping a link-local IPv6 address over an interface.
link-local-address The link-local IPv6 address to ping over an interface.
The following are examples of the CLI command.
Command example:
The following example shows that the IPv4 ping is a success:
(NETGEAR Switch) #ping 10.254.2.160 count 3 interval 1 size 255
Pinging 10.254.2.160 with 255 bytes of data:
Received response for icmp_seq = 0. time = 275268 usec
Received response for icmp_seq = 1. time = 274009 usec
Received response for icmp_seq = 2. time = 279459 usec
----10.254.2.160 PING statistics----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (msec) min/avg/max = 274/279/276
Command example:
The following example shows that the IPv6 ping is a success:
(NETGEAR Switch) #ping 2001::1
Pinging 2001::1 with 64 bytes of data:
Send count=3, Receive count=3 from 2001::1
Average round trip time = 3.00 ms
Command example:
The following example shows that the IPv4 ping fails because the destination cannot be
reached:
(NETGEAR Switch) # ping 192.168.254.222 count 3 interval 1 size 255
Pinging 192.168.254.222 with 255 bytes of data:
Received Response: Unreachable Destination
Received Response :Unreachable Destination
Received Response :Unreachable Destination
M6100 Series Switches
Utility Commands
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