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title: "ping"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios86/1105038184/ping"
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The `ping`` `command verifies if a remote IPv4/IPv6 host is functioning and accessible across the network. When you execute the ping command, it sends five (default) sequential ICMP ECHO requests to the host and displays the results.

# Syntax

`ping {``hostname ``| ``ip_address``} [ ``opt ``]`

| **Argument** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| `hostname`` ` | The name of the remote host that you want to verify. |
| `ip_address`` ` | The IP address of the remote host that you want to verify. |
| `opt`` ` | - `numerical `(specifies to not interpret the IP address as a DNS name)
- `src_addr` (specifies the starting or "from" address)
- `v6` (specifies you are using an IPv6 hostname)
- `broadcast` (allows pinging to a broadcast address)
- `ttl``<hops>`` `(specifies the time-to-live setting for outgoing packets)
- `packetsize``<bytes>` (specifies the number of data bytes to send)
- `count``<packets>` (specifies number of echo_requests packets sent, default is 5, maximum is 250) |


# Examples

## Valid host

`Infoblox > ``ping`` ``10.1.1.1`  
` pinging 10.1.1.1`  
` PING 10.1.1.1 (10.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.`  
` 64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.295 ms`  
` 64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.102 ms`  
` 64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.155 ms`  
` 64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.211 ms`  
` 64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.265 ms`  
` — 10.1.1.1 ping statistics —`  
` 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4005ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.335/0.562/1.245/0.343 ms`

## Invalid host

`Infoblox > ``ping`` ``jsparrow`  
` pinging jsparrow`  
` ping: unknown host jsparrow`