User's Manual

Chapter 10 | General Commands
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Command Mode
Exec
Example
The following example disables the CLI timeout.
AP(config)# cli-session-timeout disable
AP(config)#
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:
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Normal response - The normal response occurs in one to ten seconds,
depending on network traffic.
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Destination does not respond - If the host does not respond, a “timeout”
appears in ten seconds.
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Destination unreachable - The gateway for this destination indicates that
the destination is unreachable.
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Network or host unreachable - The gateway found no corresponding entry
in the route table.
Example
AP#ping 192.168.1.19
192.168.1.19 is alive
AP#