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

98 Appendix C

PING/iX Utility

What is PING/iX

PING/iX is an interactive utility that can be used to conﬁrm the

reachability of a remote node that supports the internet protocol (IP). It

can also be used to estimate round trip times before proceeding with

lengthy transactions.

PING/iX sends Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo

Requests to the remote node once a second, and monitors the echo

replies that arrive.

If you choose to send four or more bytes of data with the Echo Requests,

PING/iX displays the round trip times in milliseconds. Since the echo is

performed at layer 3 of the ISO OSI model, PING/iX cannot be used to

ﬁnd out if a particular application is available on the remote node, or to

estimate application-level round trip times.