# PING

## Qualifiers:

PING <ADDRESS>

## Purpose:

Use the ping command to determine whether or not a remote system is accessible. Ping works by sending a packet to the specified address (IPv4, IPv6, or FQDN) and waiting for a reply. Ping is used primarily to troubleshoot Internet connections.

## Details:

- Supports IPv4, IPv6, and FQDN.

- The < number_packets> qualifier specifies how many packets you want to exchange (transmit/receive) with the remote host. If this qualifier is not used, the system exchanges four packets by default.

## Example:

### Entry: PING 10.37.188.10 3

System Response:

PING 10.37.188.10: 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 10.37.188.10: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms

64 bytes from 10.37.188.10: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms

64 bytes from 10.37.188.10: icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms

----10.37.188.10 PING Statistics----

3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss

round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 0/0/0