ping

Ping a host using ICMP echo.

Syntax

ping <host> [interface STRING] [source STRING] [ipv6] [size INTEGER] [count INTEGER] [broadcast]

Parameters

host: The name or address of the remote host to send ICMP ping requests to. If broadcast is enabled, can be the broadcast address.

interface: The network interface to send ping packets from when the host is reachable over a default route. If not specified, the system's primary default route will be used.

source: The ping command will send a packet with the source address set to the IP address of this interface, rather than the address of the interface the packet is sent from.

ipv6: If a hostname is defined as the value of the 'host' parameter, use the hosts IPV6 address.

size: The number of bytes sent in the ICMP ping request. (Minimum: 0, Default: 56)

count: The number of ICMP ping requests to send before terminating. (Minimum: 1, Default: 100)

broadcast: Enable broadcast ping functionality.