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The ping command indicates whether a remote host can be reached. It can also display statistics about packet loss and delivery time.
The ping command is available through the Solaris operating system. Use it with the attributes shown in the table that follows.
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Set the SO_DEBUG socket option. |
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Send the packet to the given host and back again. |
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Turn off loopback of multicast packets. |
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Display the network addresses as numbers. |
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Bypass the normal routing tables and send directly to a host on an attached network. |
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Set the IP record route option and store the route of the packet inside the IP header. |
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List any ICMP packets, other than ECHO_RESPONSE, that are received. |
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Specify the outgoing interface to use for multicast packets. |
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Specify the interval between successive transmissions. |
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Specify the IP time to live for multicast packets. |
