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Chapter 4: Software Description
• Count: Number of packets to send. (Range: 1–20)
• Time Out: Setting the time period for the host to ping
Use the ping command to see if another site on the network can be reached.
The following are some results of the ping command:
• Normal response: The normal response occurs in one to ten seconds, depending
on network traffic.
• Destination does not respond: If the host does not respond, a “timeout”
appears in ten seconds.
• Destination unreachable: The gateway for this destination indicates that the
destination is unreachable.
• Network or host unreachable: The gateway found no corresponding entry in the
route table.
Press <Esc> to stop pinging.
Figure 4-43. Ping parameters screen.
