Fujitsu M10-4, M10-4S Thefollowing example shows the ping(1M) command output.

TableC-5 ping(1M)command options
Option Description Application
hostname Whenyou send a probe packet to
hostname,a message is returned.
Allowsyoutoconfirmthatahostis
activeon the network.
-ghostname F orces the probe packet to go
through the specified gateway.
Allowsyou t otest t he quality of
individualroutes by sending the
packetto the targe t host via various
routesspecified.
-iinterface S pecifies the interface to be used for
sendingan dreceivi ng a probe
packet.
Allowsyou t oe asily check the
secondarynetwork interface.
-n Convertsa host n ame into an IP
addressand then disp lays it.
Allowsyou t o check the IP address
insteadof the host name.
-s ping is repeated at in tervals of 1
second.
Pressingthe [Ctr l] + [C] keys stops
ping,and then displays the statistics.
Allowsyou t o check intermittent or
long-term network events. You can
viewnighttime network events at
onetime by piping the ping o utput
toa file.
-svR Displaysthe routes that probe
packetshave passed thr ough at
intervalsof 1 sec ond.
Displaysthe routes and hop counts
ofprobe packets, allowing you to
comparem ultiple routes to identify
anybottleneck .
#ping -s 10.24.187.50
PING 10.24.187.50: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.24.187.50: icmp_seq=0. time=0.555 ms
64 bytes from 10.24.187.50: icmp_seq=1. time=0.400 ms
64 bytes from 10.24.187.50: icmp_seq=2. time=0.447 ms
^C
----10.24.187.50 PING Statistics----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max/stddev = 0.400/0.467/0.555/0.079
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Incert ain configurations of the ping(1M) command, the command output allow s you
toidenti fy a network link or a node that has experienced a problem. The destination
hostis specifiedby theva riable: hostname.
TableC-5 lists the options of the ping(1M) command and how those options are
useful for troubleshooting.
Thefollowing example shows the ping(1M) command output.
AppendixC OracleSolaris Troubleshooting Commands 487