- Alcatel Switch/Router User Manual

General User Interface Guidelines
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This abbreviated IP address format can be used with the ftp, telnet, crgp, modvl, ping, snmpc,
and xlat commands. For example, to ping the IP address 198.0.0.2, you can abbreviate this IP
address by entering
ping 198.2
at the system prompt. After you answer a few prompts (see Chapter 25, “IP Routing” for more
information on the ping command), something similar to the following will be displayed.
Ping starting, hit <Enter> to stop
PING 198.0.0.2: 64 data bytes
[0 ] T
----198.0.0.2 PING Statistics----
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
In addition, the IP subnet mask 255.255.0.0 can be abbreviated in the following ways:
• 255.255.
• 255.255..