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Using the Command Line Interface Cayman 2E-W User’s Guide
4-8
November 2000
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or
failure –
Failures; includes messages describing error
conditions that may not be recoverable.
netstat -i
Displays the IP interfaces for your Cayman 2E-W.
netstat -r
Displays the IP routes stored in your Cayman 2E-W.
nslookup { hostname | ip_address }
Performs a domain name system lookup for a specified host.
The
hostname
argument is the name of the host for which you
want DNS information; for example,
nslookup klaatu
.
The
ip_address
argument is the IP address, in dotted decimal
notation, of the device for which you want DNS information.
ping [-s size
]
[-c count
]
{ hostname | ip_address }
Causes the Cayman 2E-W to issue a series of ICMP Echo requests for
the device with the specified name or IP address.
The
hostname
argument is the name of the device you want to
ping; for example,
ping ftp.cayman.com
.
The
ip_address
argument is the IP address, in dotted decimal
notation, of the device you want to locate. If a host using the
specified name or IP address is active, it returns one or more
ICMP Echo replies, confirming that it is accessible from your
network.
The
-s size
argument lets you specify the size of the ICMP
packet.
The
-c count
argument lets you specify the number of ICMP
packets generated for the ping request.