Appendix G — More About DHCP G-4 Operating System Tools
MS20xxA VNA Master UG 10580-00166 Rev. C G-3
Ping Tool
Another tool that can find out if a selected IP address is already on the network is ping. Ping is
a harmless way to determine if an address is found on the network and, if it is found, for it to
reply. Greatly simplified, ping sends out a request to a specific address to determine if it is
there. If the specific address is found, then it will respond by sending back the same message
that was received. If it is not found, then the response will be “
request timed out.” This means
that no reply was received from that IP address.
Y:\>ping 172.26.202.172
Pinging 172.26.202.172 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.26.202.172: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 172.26.202.172: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 172.26.202.172: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 172.26.202.172: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 172.26.202.172:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milliseconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
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