B-5 Ping Tool LAN and DHCP
B-6 PN: 10580-00252 Rev. K Site Master User Guide
B-5 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) to
receive a reply. Basically, the ping function sends out a request to a specific address to
determine if a computing device is connected to the network at that address. If a valid
connection is found, then a copy of the signal (that was sent) is returned. If a connection is not
found, then the response is ārequest timed outā, which 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 = 0 ms, Maximum = 0 ms, Average = 0 ms