Kentrox AI232 manual Ping, Command Types

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AI232 Version 9.6x User’s Guide

AI232 Commands: ping

ping

Description

This command sends an ICMP echo request to the specified IP address. If the IP device responds to the echo request, a reply receipt message appears. If a reply is not received within 5 seconds, a no reply message appears. This command can be used to troubleshoot network level problems.

Command Types

shell and winslc

Formats

For the shell command:

ping ip_address

For the winslc command:

winslc baseport ping ip_address

Parameters

ip_address Defines the IP address of the destination device in dotted decimal format.

baseport Defines the baseport number for AI232.

Examples

This example displays what happens when host 172.16.30.110 replies to a ping.

[232]ping 172.16.30.110 Pinging host 172.16.30.110 ICMP Echo Reply:TTL 60

Host 172.16.30.110 replied to the ping

The TTL (time-to-live) is the number of jumps or hops the message is allowed to take.

This example displays what happens when no reply is received from host

172.16.30.114.

[232]ping 172.16.30.114 Pinging host 172.16.30.114

Host 172.16.30.114 didn't reply to the ping

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