STM SatLink VSAT - Appendix D: Testing VSAT Network Connectivity; Ping Function for Network Diagnostics

SatLink VSAT User Guide
Publication no. 101557
Rev 14.1.1-2
Copyright 2006-2012 – STM Group, Inc.
Page 131 (182)
Appendix D. Testing the Connection to the VSAT
D.1 Ping Function
The VSAT CLI ping command is useful for determining the status of the network and various foreign
hosts, tracking and isolating hardware and software problems, and testing, measuring, and managing
networks. The Ping command bounces a small packet off a domain or IP address to test network
communications, and then tells how long the packet took to make the round trip.
Usage:
1. ping <ipaddr> [<options>]
2. ping -stop
3. ping <-enablemonitor|-disablemonitor>
Description for usage 1:
Ipaddr
IP address to ping
<options>
-t
continuous ping until stopped, ping –stop to stop
-t has higher precedence than -count
-size|-s <size>
size in bytes (32 to 1400 bytes)
default size 64 bytes
-n|-c|-count <count>
Number of echo requests to send.
default five echo requests
-w <timeout>
Timeout in seconds (1 to 10 seconds) to wait for each
reply (default 3 secs).
-dw
Ping is by default enabled to send requests
immediately after responses to earlier requests are
received, provide this option to wait for default three
seconds between requests or to override the timeout
with the -w option.
Examples:
ping 10.10.11.2
ping 10.10.11.2 -t -size 128
ping 10.10.11.2 -c 10 -s 100
ping 10.10.11.2 –t
ping 10.10.11.2 -w 5
ping 10.10.11.2 -dw
ping 192.168.11.26
64 bytes from 192.168.11.26: time=42 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.11.26: time=42 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.11.26: time=94 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.11.26: time=60 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.11.26: time=38 ms
--- 192.168.11.26 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0 percent packet loss
rtt min/avg/max = 38/58/94 ms
Description for usage 2:
-stop
stops a continuous ping started using ping <ipaddr> -t
Example: