Name

ping — Ping an IP address.

SYNOPSIS

ping <IPNameAddr> [table=<routetable>] [source=<IPAddr>]
    [gateway=<IPAddr>] [flow=<unsignedShort>] [count=<positiveInteger>]
    [ttl=<unsignedByte>]

DESCRIPTION

Pings the IP address specified by the first argument. The argument may also be a DNS name, which will be resolved if DNS resolver(s) are correctly configured.

EXAMPLE

marty> ping mozilla.org count=4
Pinging 63.245.209.11 from 81.187.96.94
  1: Reply    170.022ms from 63.245.209.11   moz.org01. ...
  2: Reply    167.907ms from 63.245.209.11   moz.org01. ...
  3: Reply    169.947ms from 63.245.209.11   moz.org01. ...
  4: Reply    169.782ms from 63.245.209.11   moz.org01. ...