HP 530 - Ping

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Command Line Reference
General Commands
ping
This command sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the
network.
Syntax
ping <hostname | ip>
• hostname - Alias of the host.
• ip - IP address of the host.
Default Setting
N/A
Command Mode
Manager Exec
Command Usage
• Use the ping command to see if another site on the network can be
reached.
• The following are some results of the ping command:
– Normal response - The normal response occurs in one to ten
seconds, depending on network traffic.
– Destination does not respond - If the host does not respond, a
“timeout” appears in ten seconds.
– Destination unreachable - The gateway for this destination indi-
cates that the destination is unreachable.
– Network or host unreachable - The gateway found no corre-
sponding entry in the route table.
Example
ProCurve Access Point 530# ping 10.1.0.9
10.1.0.9 is alive
ProCurve Access Point 530#