System Management Commands

25System Management Commands

ping

The ping User EXEC mode command sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network.

Syntax

ping {ip-address hostname}[size packet_size] [count packet_count] [timeout time_out]

Parameters

ip-address— IP address to ping.

hostname — Host name to ping. (Range: 1-158 characters)

packet_size — Number of bytes in a packet. The actual packet size is eight bytes larger than the specified size specified because the device adds header information. (Range: 56-1472 bytes)

packet_count — Number of packets to send. If 0 is entered, it pings until stopped. (Range: 0-65535 packets)

time_out — Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply. (Range: 50-65535 milliseconds)

Default Configuration

Default packet size is 56 bytes.

Default number of packets to send is 4.

Default timeout value is 2000 milliseconds.

Command Mode

User EXEC mode

User Guidelines

Press Esc to stop pinging.

Following are examples of unsuccessful pinging:

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