ping

This command is used to test for the presence of hosts on the network. This command is invoked with a destination (either a hostname or IP address).

Options

Options and option parameters that are underlined indicate that a value must be specified for that option or parameter. For example, the ping command has the option destination. An IP address or hostname can be specified for the destination, as in the commands ping 192.9.200.44 and ping nc.tekelec.com. Do not enter the underlined option or parameter; enter a value for the information represented by the underlined option or parameter.

destination

The destination can be either an IP address or hostname.

IP address: The IP address is a TCP/IP address expressed in standard “dot notation.” IP addresses consist of the system’s network number and the machine’s unique host number. An example IP address is 192.9.200.44, where 192.9.200 is the network number and 44 is the machine’s host number.; Range:; 4 numbers separated by dots, with each number in the range of 0-255.
hostname: Hostname. The logical name assigned to the device with the IP address indicated.; Range:; any string of characters beginning with a letter and comprising (a..z, A..Z, 0..9, '-', or '.') up to 120 characters in length.

-i

The number of ping requests to send.

Range:: 1 - 5
Default:: 3

-n

The size of message to use in test.

Range:: 12 - 2048
Default:: 64

-h: This option provides help information for the command.

-f: This option sets the DF (Don't Fragment) bit in the IP header of ICMP packet.

-v

Virtual Router Table.

Range:: 0, 1
Default:: 0

Example

ping 192.9.200.44

ping nc.tekelec.com

ping 192.9.200.44 -i 5 -n 2048

ping 10.254.111.21 -f -n 1480

ping 10.254.103.13 –v 1

Dependencies

The actual ping text string must be followed by a destination (either a hostname or IP address) prior to the options.

Notes

The ping command is executed through the pass command.

The ‘-v’ option in the ping command is mainly used for IPSG (SLIC card) to select the Virtual Router table to ping remote end, when there are multiple IP interfaces.

Port A and B pings remote end via Virtual Router 0

pass:loc=1111:cmd=”ping 10.254.103.12 –v
                0”

Port C and D pings remote end via Virtual Router 1

pass:loc=1111:cmd=”ping 10.254.103.31 –v 1”

Output

pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping" or

pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping -h"


Command Accepted - Processing

    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:29:35 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping"
    Command entered at terminal #1.
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:29:35 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    PASS: Command sent to card
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:29:35 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0

    Usage: ping <hostname | ipaddr> [-h] [-i size] [-n count]
    Options:
       -f        Sets the DF (Don't Fragment) bit in IP header of ICMP packet.
       -h        Displays this message
       -i count  Number of pings to send. Range=1..5. Default=3.
       -n size   Sets size of ICMP echo packet. Range=12..2048. Default=64.
       hostname  Name of machine to ping
       ipaddr    IP Address of machine to ping (d.d.d.d)
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:29:36 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0

    PING command complete
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pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping tekral"


Command Accepted - Processing

    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:30:16 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping tekral"
    Command entered at terminal #1.
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:30:16 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    PASS: Command sent to card
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:30:16 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    PING command in progress
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:30:18 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0 
    PING tekral (192.168.100.3): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com (192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=0.time=5. ms
    64 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com (192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=1.time=0. ms
    64 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com (192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=2.time=0. ms
    ----tekral PING Statistics----
    3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 0/1/5

    PING command complete
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pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping 192.168.100.3"


Command Accepted - Processing

    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:30:44 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping 192.168.100.3"
    Command entered at terminal #1.
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:30:44 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    PASS: Command sent to card
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:30:44 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    PING command in progress
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:30:46 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0 
    PING 192.168.100.3: 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com (192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=0.time=5. ms
    64 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com (192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=1.time=0. ms
    64 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com (192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=2.time=0. ms
    ----192.168.100.3 PING Statistics----
    3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 0/1/5

    PING command complete
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pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping tekral -i 2"


Command Accepted - Processing

    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:31:46 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping tekral -i 2"
    Command entered at terminal #1.
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:31:46 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    PASS: Command sent to card
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:31:46 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0

    PING command in progress
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:31:47 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    PING tekral (192.168.100.3): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com(192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=0.time=10. ms
    64 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com(192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=1.time=0. ms
    ----tekral PING Statistics----
    2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 0/5/10

    PING command complete
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pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping tekral -i 2 -n 200"

    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:32:09 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    pass:loc=1105:cmd="ping tekral -i 2 -n 200"
    Command entered at terminal #1.
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:32:09 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0

    PING command in progress
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    rlghncxa03w 04-07-27 08:32:10 EST  EAGLE5 31.6.0
    PING tekral (192.168.100.3): 192 data bytes
    200 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com(192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=0.time=5. ms
    200 bytes from tekral.nc.tekelec.com(192.168.100.3):icmp_seq=1.time=0. ms
    ----tekral PING Statistics----
    2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 0/2/5

    PING command complete
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pass:loc=1107:cmd="ping
                meat18a -v 1"

Command Accepted - Processing

    tklc1161001 20-08-30 21:52:34 MST  EAGLE 46.9.0.0.0-76.28.0
    pass:loc=1107:cmd="ping meat18a -v 1"
    Command entered at terminal #1.
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    tklc1161001 20-08-30 21:52:34 MST  EAGLE 46.9.0.0.0-76.28.0
    PASS: Command sent to card
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    tklc1161001 20-08-30 21:52:34 MST  EAGLE 46.9.0.0.0-76.28.0
    PING command in progress
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    tklc1161001 20-08-30 21:52:34 MST  EAGLE 46.9.0.0.0-76.28.0
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    tklc1161001 20-08-30 21:52:36 MST  EAGLE 46.9.0.0.0-76.28.0
    PING meat18a (10.254.103.78): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from meat18a (10.254.103.78): icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms
    64 bytes from meat18a (10.254.103.78): icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms
    64 bytes from meat18a (10.254.103.78): icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms
    ----meat18a PING Statistics----
    3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 0/0/0

    PING command complete
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Note:

In this example, the response shows eight bytes less than the entry (192 as opposed to 200) because the ping command may use eight bytes automatically.

pass:loc=1308:cmd="ping 10.254.111.21 -f -n
                    1480"

Command Accepted - Processing

eagle10212 12-06-19 10:07:42 EST EAGLE5 44.0.0-64.33.0
pass:loc=1380:cmd="ping 10.254.111.21 -f - n 1480"
Command entered at terminal #5.

eagle10212 12-06-19 10:07:42 EST EAGLE5 44.0.0-64.33.0

PING command in progress
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eagle10212 12-06-16 10:07:42 EST EAGLE5 44.0.0-64.33.0
PING 10.254.111.21: 1472 data bytes
DF bit set. Fragmentation Needed
PING: no answer from 10.254.111.21
PING command complete
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pass:loc=1308:cmd="ping 10.254.111.21 -f -n
                    1380"


Command Accepted -Processing
eagle10212 12-06-19 10:06:58 EST  EAGLE5 44.0.0-64.33.0
    pass:loc=1308:cmd="ping 10.254.111.21 -f -n 1380"
    Command entered at terminal #5.

    eagle10212 12-06-19 10:06:58 EST  EAGLE5 44.0.0-64.33.0

    PING command in progress

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    eagle10212 12-06-19 10:06:58 EST  EAGLE5 44.0.0-64.33.0

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    eagle10212 12-06-19 10:07:00 EST  EAGLE5 44.0.0-64.33.0
    PING 10.254.111.21: 1372 data bytes
    1380 bytes from e1021301.1308a (10.254.111.21): icmp_seq=0. time=329319. ms
    1380 bytes from e1021301.1308a (10.254.111.21): icmp_seq=1. time=330319. ms
    1380 bytes from e1021301.1308a (10.254.111.21): icmp_seq=2. time=331319. ms
    ----10.254.111.21 PING Statistics----
    3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 329319/330319/331319

    PING command complete

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