Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family ping ● 261
Command Reference
vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
Sets the vpn-instance name of MPLS VPN,
specifying the VPN attribute configured in this ping
command, that is, name of the associated
vpn-instance created locally. The -i and -vpn
options cannot be specified in the same command.
host
Name or IP address of the destination host.
ip
Adopts the IP protocol.
Defaults The following are the default settings apply when none of the parameters is specified:
An ECHO-REQUEST packet is sent five times at most.
Socket is non-debug mode.
Host is regarded an IP address. If it is not, domain name resolution is performed.
Padding begins at 0x01 and increments until 0x09 and then repeats.
All information including statistics is displayed.
Routes are not recorded.
The length of ECHO-REQUEST packets is 56 bytes.
The time to wait for an ECHO-RESPONSE packet is 2000 ms.
The ICMP packets other than ECHO-RESPONSE packets are not displayed.
The parameter vpn-instance is not defined.
Example Check reachability of the host at 202.38.160.244.
<3Com> ping 202.38.160.244
ping 202.38.160.244 : 56 data bytes , press CTRL-C to break
Reply from 202.38.160.244 : bytes=56 sequence=1 ttl=255 time = 1ms
Reply from 202.38.160.244 : bytes=56 sequence=2 ttl=255 time = 2ms
Reply from 202.38.160.244 : bytes=56 sequence=3 ttl=255 time = 1ms
Reply from 202.38.160.244 : bytes=56 sequence=4 ttl=255 time = 3ms
Reply from 202.38.160.244 : bytes=56 sequence=5 ttl=255 time = 2ms
--202.38.160.244 ping statistics--
5 packets transmitted
5 packets received
0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/3 ms
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ Any view
Description The following is the process for executing the ping command: