User`s guide

Using the Administrative Interface 7-17

Ping Commands

The ping command sends an ICMP echo request packet to a station. The ping process

is independent of the process that serves the Administrative Interface console. Thus,

the ping result (if any) printouts will be interleaved with the Administrative Interface

input/output.

Issuing further commands while the ping process is active is not recommended.

Starting a new ping session while another one is active is not supported and an error

message will be displayed.

ping

Usage:

ping

{

|0}

Pings the specified IP address a defined number of times, or for endless ping (0). The

ping process starts sending one datagram per second until the desired number of

datagrams are sent. It prints one line of output for every response that it receives. The

ping command does not return any output if there is no response. Normal response time

is 1 to 10 seconds.

The ping command is intended for testing the connectivity between the switch and an

IP station. It is not intended as a traffic generator. Thus, using the endless ping option

is not recommended.

If you started a long ping, stop it with Ctrl-C or issue a ping-stop command to stop it.

SYS_console>

ping 192.168.1.2 4

SYS_console>

Use CTRL-C or ping-stop to stop the ping process

192.168.001.002 Alive. echo reply: id 2652, seq 1, echo-data-len 0

192.168.001.002 Alive. echo reply: id 2652, seq 2, echo-data-len 0

192.168.001.002 Alive. echo reply: id 2652, seq 3, echo-data-len 0

PING process stopped - statistics :

ICMP echo requests : 3

ICMP echo responses : 3

PING process - press <CR> for prompt

This is an example of an unsuccessful ping:

SYS_console>

ping 129.1.1.88 4

SYS_console> _