General Commands
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ping
This command sends ICMP echo request packets to another
node on the network.
Syntax
ping <host_name | ip_address>
• host_name - Alias of the host.
• ip_address - IP address of the host.
Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Exec
Command Usage
• 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.
Example
SMC-AP#ping 10.1.0.19
192.168.1.19 is alive
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