Ping an IP Address

Use ping to check that the connection between CC-SG computer and a particular IP address is working correctly.

Note: Some sites explicitly block ping requests. Verify that the target and intervening network allow pings if a ping is unsuccessful.

1. Choose Operation > Network Interfaces > Ping.
2. Enter the IP address or hostname (if DNS is appropriately configured on the CC-SG) of the target you want to check in the Ping Target field.
3. Select: Optional.
   

   Option	Description
   Show other received ICMP packets	Verbose output, which lists other received ICMP packets in addition to ECHO_RESPONSE packets. Rarely seen.
   No DNS Resolution	Does not resolve addresses to host names.
   Record Route	Records route. Turns on the IP record route option, which will store the route of the packet inside the IP header.
   Use Broadcast Address	Allows pinging a broadcast message.
   Adaptive Timing	Adaptive ping. Interpacket interval adapts to round-trip time, so that effectively not more than one unanswered probes present in the network. Minimal interval is 200 msec.

4. Type values for how many seconds the ping command will execute, how many ping requests are sent, and the size for the ping packets. Default is 56, which translates into 64 ICMP data bytes when combined with 8 bytes of ICMP header data. If left blank, defaults are used. Optional.
5. Click Ping. If the results show a series of replies, the connection is working. The time shows you how fast the connection is. If you see a "timed out" error instead of a reply, the connection between your computer and the domain is not working. See Edit Static Routes.
6. Press Ctrl+C to terminate the session.

Note: Press CTRL+Q to display a statistics summary for the session so far and continue to ping the destination.