ping

Syntax ping[-n count][-l size][-s sourceIP]targetIP

Description

Pings the target host with an IPv4 stack.

Options

-s

Specifies the source adapter as an IPv4 address.

sourceIP

Specifies the IPv4 address of the source machine.

-n count

Specifies the number of echo request datagrams to be sent.

-l size

Specifies the size of the data buffer in the echo request datagram.

targetIP

Specifies the IPv4 address of the target machine.

Usage

This command uses the ICMPv4 ECHO_REGUEST datagram to elicit an ECHO_REPLY from a host.

Examples

To ping the target host at 192.168.0.1 with 64 bytes of data:

FS0:\> ping -1 64 192.168.0.1
      

To ping the target host at 202.120.120.100 by sending 20 echo request datagrams:

FS0:\> ping -n 20 202.120.120.100
      

To ping the target host by specifying the source adapter as an IPv4 address:

FS0:\> ping -s 202.120.100.12 202.120.100.1