8-5
IPv6 Diagnostic and Troubleshooting
Ping for IPv6 (Ping6)
Figure 8-1. Examples of IPv6 Ping Tests
[timeout]: Number of seconds within which a response is
required from the destination host before the ping test times
out. Valid values: 1 - 60. Default: 1 second.
[data-size]: Size of data (in bytes) to be sent in ping packets.
Valid values: 0 - 65507. Default: 0.
[data-fill]: Text string used as data in ping packets. You can
enter up to 1024 alphanumeric characters in the text.
Default: 0 (no text is used).
ProCurve# ping6 fe80::2:1%vlan10
fe80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0002:0001 is alive, time = 975 ms
ProCurve# ping6 2001:db8::a:1c:e3:3 repetitions 3
2001:0db8:0000:0000:000a:001c:00e3:0003 is alive, iteration 1, time = 15 ms
2001:0db8:0000:0000:000a:001c:00e3:0003 is alive, iteration 2, time = 15 ms
2001:0db8:0000:0000:000a:001c:00e3:0003 is alive, iteration 3, time = 15 ms
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 15/15/15
ProCurve# ping6 2001:db8::214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 repetitions 3 timeout 2
2001:db8:0000:0000:0214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 is alive, iteration 1, time = 15 ms
2001:db8:0000:0000:0214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 is alive, iteration 2, time = 10 ms
2001:db8:0000:0000:0214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 is alive, iteration 3, time = 15 ms
ProCurve# ping6 2001:db8::10
Request timed out.