Chapter 3. Command Reference

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ping

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The ping command tests whether you can reach a particular IP address and how long it takes to receive a reply.

 

ip

 

selects the destination IP address.

 

count

 

the number of packets to send.

 

-d

 

specifies reverse DNS lookup on responding IP address.

 

-i

 

specifies the interval between packets.

 

-q

 

suppresses statistics.

 

-R

 

records the route.

 

-t

 

specifies theTTL to use.

 

-v

 

sets verbose format.

test whether

Use ping test whether you can reach a particular IP address. In this example, the IP address

you can reach

111.222.34.200 is tested:

a particular

 

IP address

hostname# ping 111.222.34.200

 

PING 111.222.34.200: 56 data bytes

 

64 bytes from 111.222.34.200: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms

 

64 bytes from 111.222.34.200: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms

 

64 bytes from 111.222.34.200: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms

 

64 bytes from 111.222.34.200: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms

 

64 bytes from 111.222.34.200: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms

 

----111.222.34.200 PING Statistics----

 

5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss

 

round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 0/0/0

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