IPv6 Diagnostic and Troubleshooting

Ping for IPv6 (Ping6)

[timeout]: Number of seconds within which a response is required from the destination host before the ping test times out. Valid values: 1 - 60. Default: 1 second.

[source <ipv6-addr hostname >]: Source IP address or hostname. The source IP address must be owned by the router. If a VLAN is specified, the IP address associated with the specified VLAN is used.

[data-size]:Size of data (in bytes) to be sent in ping packets.

Valid values: 0 - 65507. Default: 0.

[data-fill]:Text string used as data in ping packets. You can enter up to 1024 alphanumeric characters in the text. Default: 0 (no text is used).

ProCurve# ping6 fe80::2:1%vlan10 fe80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0002:0001 is alive, time = 975 ms

ProCurve# ping6 2001:db8::a:1c:e3:3 repetitions 3 2001:0db8:0000:0000:000a:001c:00e3:0003 is alive, iteration 1, time = 15 ms 2001:0db8:0000:0000:000a:001c:00e3:0003 is alive, iteration 2, time = 15 ms 2001:0db8:0000:0000:000a:001c:00e3:0003 is alive, iteration 3, time = 15 ms 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss

round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 15/15/15

ProCurve# ping6 2001:db8::214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 repetitions 3 timeout 2 2001:db8:0000:0000:0214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 is alive, iteration 1, time = 15 ms 2001:db8:0000:0000:0214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 is alive, iteration 2, time = 10 ms 2001:db8:0000:0000:0214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 is alive, iteration 3, time = 15 ms

ProCurve# ping6 2001:db8::10

Request timed out.

Figure 8-1. Examples of IPv6 Ping Tests

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