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ping

all users If you are having trouble accessing a host, try the ping command. This tries to elicit a response from the specified host. If successful, a report similar to the following will be generated:

#	ping socrates
PING		socrates		(192.10	1	.	34	.1): 100 data bytes
10	8	bytes	from	192.101	.3		4.1:		icmp.seq=0.	time=15.	ms
10	8	bytes	from	192.101	.	3	4.1:		icmp.seq=1.	time=12.	ms
-	-	- socrates		PING statistics					- - -

10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 12/12/15

You can interrupt the process by pressing any key.

If the hostname cannot be resolved, the following message will be displayed:

Ping: hostname: Host not found

If the host has been resolved, but the network it is on is unreachable, the following output will be generated:

ping hostname/inetaddress 100 data bytes

ping: t_rcvudata: ENETUNREACH - Network is unreachable

If the host has been resolved, but it isn’t answering, the following will be displayed:

		ping		hostname/inetaddress	100 data bytes
		10	packets transmitted, 0 packets received,
Syntax		10	0% packet loss.
		ping hostname/inetaddress [packet_size]
		[packets_sent]
	Where:
	hostname/			is the hostname or internet address of the machine that you
	inetaddress			want to ping.
	packet_size			is the size of packet sent (default = 100 bytes).

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