1  PING
   Sends ICMP ECHO packets to hosts to determine whether they are
   active. Same as the LOOP command.

   Format

     PING  [ host ]

           [ /ADDRESS=xx.xx.xx.xx ]

           [ /ALL ]

           [ /FULL ]

           [ /NUMBER_PACKETS=n ]

           [ /PACKET_SIZE=n ]

           [ /PATTERN="hexadecimal-string" ]

           [ /[NO]ROUTE ]

           [ /WAIT=n ]
 

2  Parameters
 

host

   Specifies the host to which the test packets are sent.
   Omitting host tests the TCP/IP Services software on the local
   node, as defined by the system logical TCPIP$INET_HOST.
 

2  Qualifiers
 

/ADDRESS

      /ADDRESS=xx.xx.xx.xx

   Optional.

   Specifies the IP address of the host to which the test packets
   are sent.
 

/ALL

   Optional. Default: Not all requests.

   Displays all ICMP ECHO_REQUESTs, even if not in direct response
   to this operation.
 

/FULL

   Optional.

   Numeric output only. No attempt is made to look up symbolic names
   for host addresses. This occurs only when displaying ICMP packets
   other than ECHO_RESPONSE.
 

/NUMBER_PACKETS

      /NUMBER_PACKETS=n

   Optional. Default: 4 packets

   Specifies the number of packets to send. If you specify 0,
   packets are sent continuously until you terminate it with Ctrl/C.
 

/PACKET_SIZE

      /PACKET_SIZE=n

   Optional. Default: 64 bytes.

   Specifies the size of the ICMP ECHO_REQUEST.
 

/PATTERN

      /PATTERN="hexadecimal-string"

   Optional.

   Fills out the packet you send with up to 16 bytes, which is
   useful for diagnosing data-dependent problems. The string is a
   hexadecimal string of up to 32 characters (16 bytes).

   For example, /PATTERN="ff" causes the sent packet to be filled
   with ones (1).
 

/ROUTE

      /ROUTE
      /NOROUTE

   Optional. Default: /ROUTE.

   /ROUTE     Request is routed through the normal routing tables.

   /NOROUTE   Normal routing tables are bypassed.
              If the host is not on the LAN, you get an error.
 

/WAIT

      /WAIT=n

   Optional.

   Specifies the number of seconds to wait between sending packets.
 

2  Examples

   1.TCPIP> PING dented

     Specifies that the local host test the connectivity path to
     host dented.