Installing and Managing HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol Network Manager's Guide (36957-90157)

Appendix C 101
PING/iX Utility
Using Menu-Driven PING/iX
The number of data bytes entered must be between 0 and 2048. The
default is to send 64 bytes of data with each packet, which can be
selected by pressing the
[Return] key at the prompt.
If four or more bytes of data is sent, the round trip time for each
request-reply is displayed.
Stopping PING/iX
From the menu displaying the IP address prompt, you can exit from
PING/iX by pressing the
[Return] key. Note that you cannot use the
[Break] key to exit.
You can exit to the menu display by entering
[CTRL-Y] at any point
while entering parameters. You can also enter
[CTRL-Y] to stop sending
packets.
If you choose to send a continuous stream of packets, you must use
[CTRL-Y] to stop sending packets.
PING/iX times out after two minutes if it does not get any response to
its requests. This can occur if there is a problem with the local node or
the remote node.
If you do not want to wait for the two minute limit to be reached, you
can enter
[CTRL-Y] to exit to the menu display and IP address prompt,
then press the
[Return] key to exit from PING/iX.
Sample Session
The following example illustrates using menu-driven PING/iX.
:RUN PING.NET.SYS
------- PING/iX (ICMP Echo Requestor) : Version B0300003 -------
Information on Input Parameters:
(CONTROL-Y at any point to exit to main level)
IP address — In decimal form; (.e.g.,) 15.13.131.55;
RETURN to quit program
# packets — Between 1 and 65544; RETURN for the
default of infinite packets, and CONTROL-Y
to stop sending.
data bytes — Between 0 and 2048; should be 4 or more to
get round trip times; RETURN for the default
of 64 bytes.
IP address [RETURN to quit program.] ? 15.13.131.59
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Remote IP address in hex : $0F0D833B
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# of packets [1 to 65534] ? 10
# of bytes of data [0 to 2048] ? 10