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ping

Use the
ping
command to test internet control message protocol (ICMP) reachability of a host and to troubleshoot network connectivity issues. It displays the network connectivity response and the time it takes to receive the response.

Command

ping interface host (args =" ")

Options

interface
Enter the interface from which to send packets.
host
Enter the destination IP address or hostname.
args= "-c number"
Enter the number of pings to be displayed.
args= "-s number"
Enter the packet size. The default size is 56.
args="-wnumber"
Enter the number of seconds to wait to receive the first response after all the -c packets are sent. The default value is 10 seconds.
args="-q"
Quiet mode displays only the summary lines at the start and finish.

Command Notes

Role
Super, Read Only
Related Commands
Introduced in
Release 4.4.1

Example

Example of ping which controls the count (-c) and the ping packet size (-s) ping controller1 8.8.8.8 args="-c 3 -s 1400" PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 1400 data bytes 1408 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=59 time=50.710 ms 1408 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1 ttl=59 time=50.590 ms 1408 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2 ttl=59 time=50.568 ms

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