HP VPN Firewall Appliances System Management and Maintenance Configuration Guide

Figure 4 Ping operation result

Configuring ping at the CLI

Using a ping command to test network connectivity

Execute ping commands in any view.

Task Command

Remarks

Test the network connectivity to an

IP address.

• For an IPv4 network:

ping [ ip ] [ -a source-ip | -c

count | -f | -h ttl | -i

interface-type interface-number

| -m interval | -n | -p pad | -q

| -r | -s packet-size | -t timeout

| -tos tos | -v | -vpn-instance

vpn-instance-name ] * host

• For an IPv6 network:

ping ipv6 [ -a source-ipv6 | -c

count | -m interval | -s

packet-size | -t timeout |

-vpn-instance

vpn-instance-name ] * host [ -i

interface-type

interface-number ]

Set a larger value for the timeout

timer (indicated by the -t parameter

in the command) when you

configure the ping command for a

low-speed network.

Disabling the echo reply function

on the destination affects the ping

function.

Ping example

1. Network requirements

Test the network connectivity between Device A and Device C in Figure 5. If they can reach each

other, get detailed information about routes from Device A to Device C.