168 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide
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hostname
— Hostname to ping.
•
packet_size — Number
of bytes in a packet. The default is 56 bytes. The actual packet size will be
eight bytes larger than the size specified because the switch adds header information.
•
packet_count
— Number of packets to send, from 1 to 65535 packets. The default is 4 packets. If 0 is
entered it pings until stopped.
•
time_out
— Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply, from 50 to 65535 milliseconds. The default
is 2000 milliseconds.
Parameters range
•
hostname
— 1 - 158 characters (Max label size: 63)
•
packet_size
— IPv4: 56 - 1472
•
packet_count
— 0 - 65535
•
time_out
— 50 - 65535
Command Mode
EXEC
Default value
This command has no default setting.
Usage Guidelines
Press Esc to stop pinging. Following are sample results of the ping command:
Destination does not respond-If the host does not respond, a "
no answer from host
" appears in ten
seconds.
Destination unreachable-The gateway for this destination indicates that the destination is unreachable.
Network or host unreachable-The switch found no corresponding entry in the route table.
Examples
Console> ping 10.1.1.1
Pinging 10.1.1.1 with 64 bytes of data:
64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0. time=11 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1. time=8 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2. time=8 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3. time=7 ms