Command Reference Guide

Common Commands

Source Address Specifies the IP address to use as the source address in the ECHO_REQ (or

interface) packets.

Data Pattern: Specifies an alphanumerical string to use (the ASCII equivalent) as the data

pattern in the ECHO_REQ packets.

Sweep Range of Sizes: Varies the sizes of the ECHO_REQ packets transmitted.

Sweep Min Size: Specifies the minimum size of the ECHO_REQ packet (valid range: 0 to

1488).

Sweep Max Size: Specifies the maximum size of the ECHO_REQ packet (valid range: Sweep

Min Size to 1448).

Sweep Interval: Specifies the interval used to determine packet size when performing the

sweep (valid range: 1 to 1448).

Verbose Output: Specifies an extended results output.

Usage Examples

The following is an example of a successful ping command:

#ping

Target IP address:192.168.0.30

Repeat count[1-1000000]:5

Datagram Size [1-1000000]:100

Timeout in seconds [1-5]:2

Extended Commands? [y or n]:n

Type CTRL+C to abort.

Legend: '!' = Success '?' = Unknown host '$' = Invalid host address

'*' = Request timed out '-' = Destination host unreachable

'x' = TTL expired in transit

Pinging 192.168.0.30 with 100 bytes of data:

!!!!!

Success rate is 100 percent (5/5) round-trip min/avg/max = 19/20.8/25 ms