Technical data

Using Technician Interface Software
3-20
303561-A Rev 00
VINES Ping
When you issue the
ping
command for VINES to a remote VINES device, it
responds if it can be reached, and the console displays the response or the result of
the request.
Enter the following to ping a remote device running VINES:
ping -vines
<network_address> . <host_address> [
-t
<timeout> ]
[
-r
<repeat_count> ] [
-s
<size> ] [
-p
]
<network_address>.<host_address> is the required VINES address of the remote
device. This address consists of a 32-bit serial number identifying the server node
and a 16-bit subnetwork number identifying the node within the server node’s
logical grouping.
[
-t
<timeout> ] [
-r
<repeat_count> ] [
-s
<size> ] [
-p
] are optional. These parameters
are as follows:
<timeout> is the number of seconds for each ping to time out. If the system
receives a response to a ping after it has timed out, the system does not send an
alive message to the console. The default is 5.
<repeat_count> is the number of ping messages to send. The system does not wait
for the timeout before sending the next ping. Enter a value from 0 to 10. The
default is 1.
<size> is the number of bytes of data to send with each ping. The default is 16.
-p
generates a path trace report that displays the intervening hop addresses to the
destination.
Note:
You can enter the network and host addresses in decimal or hexadecimal
format. If you use hexadecimal format, precede each address with the 0x
prefix.
Note:
If you use the
-p
option to display the intervening hops to the
destination, and the intervening hops are Bay Networks routers, the Technician
Interface displays their network addresses. Otherwise, it displays a *.* for
each hop that is not a Bay Networks router.