ping6

Syntax

ping6 [-l size] [-n count] [-s sourceip] targetip

Description

Pings a target machine with UEFI IPv6 network stack.

Options

-l size
Specifies a buffer size, in bytes. (Default is 16, minimum is 16, and maximum is 32768).
-n count
Specifies a request count. (Default is 10, minimum is 1, and maximum is 10000).
-s sourceip
Specifies a source IPv6 address.
targetip
Specifies a target IPv6 address.

Usage

When targetip is a link local address, sourceip must be specified.

Examples

To ping the target host by sending 5 request with 1000 bytes from 2002::1

Shell> ping6 -s 2002::1 2002::2 -l 1000 -n 5

To ping the target host with 1000 bytes:

Shell> ping6 2002::2 -l 1000