Fortinet 5.0 Patch 6 - page 646

Fortinet 646 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
3. Enter the command:
ping <options_str> <destination_ipv4>
where:
•<destination_ipv4> is the IP address of the device that you want to verify that the
computer can connect to, such as 192.168.1.1.
•<options_str> are zero or more options, such as:
•-t — Send packets until you press Control-C.
•-a — Resolve IP addresses to domain names where possible.
•-n x — Where x is the number of packets to send.
For example, you might enter:
ping -n 5 192.168.1.1
If the computer can reach the destination, output similar to the following appears:
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=253
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=253
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=253
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=253
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 7ms
If the computer cannot reach the destination, output similar to the following appears:
Pinging 10.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 10.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
“100% loss” and “Request timed out.” indicates that the host is not
reachable.
To ping a device from a Linux or Mac OS X computer
1. Open a command prompt.
Alternatively, on Mac OS X, you can use the Network Utility application.