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Warnings

If the system cannot map an address for a host name, it returns a "%Unknown Host" error message.

Related commands

trace ip {host address}

Examples

CES>ping 122.104.11.112

PING 122.104.11.112: 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 122.104.11.112: icmp_seq=0. time= 16 ms

64 bytes from 122.104.11.112: icmp_seq=1. time=<16 ms

64 bytes from 122.104.11.112: icmp_seq=2. time=<16 ms

----122.104.11.112 PING Statistics----

3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss

round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = <16/<16/16

CES>ping badaddress.com

ping: unknown host baddaddress.com

CES>ping 10.0.4.44

PING 10.0.4.44: 56 data bytes

ping: timeout

no answer from 10.0.4.44

The examples show a successful ping command, an attempt to ping an unknown host address, and an attempt to ping an unreachable IP address.

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