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Intel® NetStructure™ 480T Routing Switch User Guide

Real-time Basic Connectivity

Checking

Use these commands to check basic connectivity:

•ping

•traceroute

Ping

You can use the ping command to send Internet Control Message

Protocol (ICMP) echo messages to a remote IP device. The ping

command is available for both the user and administrator privilege

level.

The ping command syntax is:

ping {continuous} {start-size <start_size> {- end-

size <end_size>}} [<ip_address> | <hostname>] {from

<src_address>} {with record-route}

Options for the ping command are described in Table5.6. Press the

Tab key in the command line interface for more command options.

Table 5.6: Ping Command Parameters

Parameter Description

continuous Specifies Internet Control Message Protocol

(ICMP) echo messages to be sent

continuously. To interrupt this option, press

any key.

size <n> Specifies the size of the ICMP request. If both

start-size and end-size are specified,

ICMP requests are transmitted using

increments of 1 byte per packet. If no end-

size is specified, packets of start-size are

sent.

<ipaddress> Specifies the IP address of the host.

<hostname> Specifies the name of the host. To use the

hostname, first configure DNS.