ping ping

Devices

This command is supported in Connect Family products only and not in

supported

Digi Cellular Family products or ConnectPort Display.

Purpose

Tests whether a host or other device is active and reachable.

 

To interrupt the “ping” command, use Ctrl-C.

Required

For Digi Connect products with two or more users, permissions must be set

permissions

to “set permissions ping=execute” for a user to use this command. See

 

"set permissions" on page 157 for details on setting user permissions for

 

commands.

Syntax

ping ipaddress [options]

Options

ipaddress

 

Identifies the target of the “ping” command by its IP address.

 

options

 

The options associated with the “ping” command, which are:

 

count=0n

 

The number of “ping” commands to be issued. 0 means ping until

 

interrupted. The default is 0.

 

interval=milliseconds

 

The ping time in milliseconds. The default is 1000 milliseconds.

 

size=bytes

 

The number of bytes to send in each ping packet. The default is 56

 

bytes.

Examples

Specify a simple ping

 

The following command determines whether the specified host can be

 

reached:

 

#> ping 199.150.150.10

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