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476CHAPTER 16: INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP)

		Possible
Prompt	Description	Values	[Default]
Packet size	Number of bytes in each ICMP echo	28 – 4096	64
	request packet. The packet size	bytes
	includes both the IP and the ICMP
	headers.

Burst Transmit	How rapidly to send out ICMP echo
Ping mode	request packets. When enabled,
	sends out the ICMP echo request
	packets as rapidly as possible. The
	system displays a period (.) upon
	receiving an ICMP echo replay
	packet. Use this display to determine
	how many packets are being
	dropped during the burst. This is
	unique to the burst option.
Quiet mode	How much packet information to
	display after a ping. When
	enabled, the system displays
	information about the number of
	packets that the system sent and
	received, any loss of packets, and the
	average time that it took a packet to
	travel to and from the host. When
	disabled, the system displays
	more detailed status information
	about each ICMP echo request
	packet.
Time between	Number of seconds that the system
sending each	waits before it sends out successive
packet (wait)	ICMP echo request packets. Set this
	option to a high value if network
	traffic is heavy and you choose not
	to add to the network traffic with
	pings in fast succession.
ICMP	Whether to force the source address
sourceAddress	of the ICMP packets to be something
	other than the IP address of the
	interface from which the packet
	originated. You can use this option if
	you have more than one IP interface
	defined.
Interface index	Index number of the ICMP source IP
	address that you want to use.
	The system lists currently defined
	interfaces and their indexes.

■ disabled disabled

■enabled

■ disabled disabled

■enabled

1 – 20 seconds 1

■ n (no) y

■y (yes)

A selectable	0 (the
interface index	router
	picks the
	best
	interface)