ping6¶
The following operations can be performed on "ping6":
ping6¶
Invokes the UNIX ping6 command. The hostName parameter must be used if the name is in the /etc/hosts file directory or is otherwise known in DNS.
Synopsys¶
ping6 [-b <bufsiz>] [-c <count>] [-i <interval>] [-I <interface>] [-m] [-n] [-p <pattern>] [-q] [-S sourceaddr] [-V <vlanid>] [-T <td>] [-s <size>] Hostname
Arguments¶
b
Set socket buffer size. If used, should be used with roughly +100 then the datalen (-s option). The default value is 8192.
Minimum value: 132
Maximum value: 131071
c
Number of packets to send. The default value is infinite.
Minimum value: 1
Maximum value: 65535
i
Waiting time, in seconds. The default value is 1 second.
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 65535
I
Network interface on which to ping, if you have multiple interfaces.
m
By default, ping6 asks the kernel to fragment packets to fit into the minimum IPv6 MTU.The -m option will suppress the behavior for unicast packets.
n
Numeric output only. No name resolution.
p
Pattern to fill in packets. Can be up to 16 bytes, useful for diagnosing data-dependent problems.
q
Quiet output. Only summary is printed.
s
Data size, in bytes. The default value is 32.
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 65527
V
VLAN ID for link local address.
Minimum value: 1
Maximum value: 4094
S
Source IP address to be used in the outgoing query packets.
T
Traffic Domain Id
Minimum value: 1
Maximum value: 4094
hostName
Address of host to ping.
Example¶
ping6 -p ff -I 1/1 -c 4 2002::1