1.169 TPING

Purpose

Use this command at the System Console prompt to send an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request packet to an IP node on your internetwork.

TPING is a command line utility that determines whether an IP target node on your internetwork is reachable.

Syntax


[LOAD] TPING host [packet_size [retry_count]]

Parameter

Use to

host

Specify the symbolic host name or IP address of a TCP/IP system on the network.

packet_size

Specify the size, in bytes, of the ICMP packet.

retry_count

Specify the number of times you want to resend an ICMP packet to the host system if a reply is not received (default = 5).

Using TPING

TPING sends an ICMP echo request packet to the IP target node. If the target node receives the request packet, it sends back a reply packet.

If TPING doesn't receive a reply, it resends the request packet the specified number of times.

When TPING receives a reply, it stops sending requests and displays a message indicating that the target node is reachable. (If it doesn't receive a reply, TPING also notifies you.)