TPING

Purpose

Use at the server console 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.)