General Commands
ping
This command sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network.
Syntax
ping <host_name ip_address>
•host_name - Alias of the host.
•ip_address - IP address of the host.
Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Exec
Command Usage
•Use the ping command to see if another site on the network can be reached.
•The following are some results of the ping command:
–Normal response - The normal response occurs in one to ten seconds, depending on network traffic.
–Destination does not respond - If the host does not respond, a “timeout” appears in ten seconds.
–Destination unreachable - The gateway for this destination indicates that the destination is unreachable.
–Network or host unreachable - The gateway found no corresponding entry in the route table.
•Press <Esc> to stop pinging.
Example
