Maintenance Commands 6-29
Octel 200/300 S.4.1PB60019−01
To use the CMD PING command, at the @ prompt, enter:
CMD x PING y Enter
where xis: the slot number in which the LAN card is installed
where yis: the IP address of the device to which the test ethernet packet is sent
.For additional Networking diagnostic information, refer to the Networking volume, Digital
Networking chapter, Network Maintenance and Troubleshooting section.
The CMD PING commandsends a low-level ethernet packet to the address specified. The receiver
replies with a ping-response packet. An example of a ping success follows.
@CMD 11 PING 157.156.53.3
LAN (Ethernet) Link: MM/DD/YY 12:48:20 (0179fc76:0179fc76) Rev 1.0.3
Current Time: MM/DD/YY 15:15:25 @ Slot 10
LAN>PING 157.156.53.3: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 157.156.53.3: icmp_sn=0. time=110ms
−−−−157.156.53.3 PING Statistics−−−−
1packets transmitted, 1packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 110/110/110
LAN>
@
This is an example of a ping failure:
@CMD 11 PING 157.156.53.5
LAN (Ethernet) Link: 02/4/1994 12:48:20 (0179fc76:0179fc76) Rev 1.0.3
Current Time: 04/12/1994 15:15:49 @ Slot 10
LAN>PING 157.156.53.5: 56 data bytes
still trying...
still trying...
still trying...
still trying...
still trying...
still trying...
157.156.53.5 not responding
LAN>
@