System information

Command Line Reference
General Commands
ping
This command sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the
network.
Syntax
ping <host_name | ip_address>
• host_name - Alias of the host.
• ip_address - IP address of the host.
Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Exec
Command Usage
• Use the ping command to see if another site on the network can be
reached.
• The following are some results of the ping command:
– Normal response - The normal response occurs in one to ten
seconds, depending on network traffic.
– Destination does not respond - If the host does not respond, a
“timeout” appears in ten seconds.
– Destination unreachable - The gateway for this destination indi-
cates that the destination is unreachable.
– Network or host unreachable - The gateway found no corre-
sponding entry in the route table.
• Press
[Esc] to stop pinging.
Example
HP420#ping 10.1.0.9
10.1.0.9 is alive
HP420#
8-6