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Maintenance Commands 6-29
Octel 200/300 S.4.1PB60019−01
To use the CMD PING command, at the @ prompt, enter:
CMD x PING y
Enter
where x is: the slot number in which the LAN card is installed
where y is: the IP address of the device to which the test ethernet packet is sent
. For additional Networking diagnostic information, refer to the Networking volume, Digital
Networking chapter, Network Maintenance and Troubleshooting section.
The CMD PING command sends a low-level ethernet packet to the address specified. The receiver
replies with a ping-response packet. An example of a ping success follows.
@CMD 11 PING 157.156.53.3
LAN (Ethernet) Link: MM/DD/YY 12:48:20 (0179fc76:0179fc76) Rev 1.0.3
Current Time: MM/DD/YY 15:15:25 @ Slot 10
LAN>PING 157.156.53.3: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 157.156.53.3: icmp_sn=0. time=110ms
−−−−157.156.53.3 PING Statistics−−−−
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 110/110/110
LAN>
@
This is an example of a ping failure:
@CMD 11 PING 157.156.53.5
LAN (Ethernet) Link: 02/4/1994 12:48:20 (0179fc76:0179fc76) Rev 1.0.3
Current Time: 04/12/1994 15:15:49 @ Slot 10
LAN>PING 157.156.53.5: 56 data bytes
still trying...
still trying...
still trying...
still trying...
still trying...
still trying...
157.156.53.5 not responding
LAN>
@