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Network Administration
After completing, ping displays a summary of all echo replies received. This display includes a
calculation of the time, in milliseconds, that it takes to return the message (if the number of data
bytes is 8 or greater). Table B1-11 lists the arguments for this command. The syntax is:
ping [–artv] host [databytes [count]]
Table B1-11. Arguments for the ping Command
Argument Description
–a Generates AppleTalk Echo Protocol (AEP) echo request
packets to a target node.
–r Bypasses the normal routing tables and sends the message
directly to a host on an attached network. An error returns if
the host is not on a directly attached network.
–t Traces the path of a packet from the local host to the
destination host and back, displaying information about each
router in the path. This option allows you to see whether a
packet arrived at and/or returned from its remote destination
and, if not, where it stopped. The option is based on the
Traceroute facility described in RFC 1393 (see Using the –t
(traceroute) Option on page C3-39 for more details).
You can use –t with the –r and/or –v argument(s), but not
with –a.
–v Displays the IP and ICMP packet headers for the reply from
the host.
host The host, router, or the Model 5390 server to which the ping is
sent.
databytes The number of bytes of data in the ICMP Echo Request
message. The default is 56.
count The number of ICMP Echo Request messages to be sent to the
ping destination. The default is unlimited. When invoked with
–t, ping ignores the count argument.