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- ping <host> [<length> [<repeat_ms> [<incflag>]]]
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- Verify a host is alive, by sending it ICMP Echo Request packets.
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- <host> is the address to ping.
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- <length> is the number of bytes to use in the data portion of the
- packet being built. <length> defaults to a small value, sufficient
- to contain a timestamp to facilitate determining round-trip timing.
- Any additional data bytes will contain 0x55 characters ('U').
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- <repeat_ms> specifies that instead of sending a single ping, a session
- is to be established to do repeated pings every <repeat_ms> MILLISECONDS.
- A running display of attempts, round-trip times, and mean deviation of
- round-trip times is maintained in this session. To terminate the
- session, press F10 and then use the reset command.
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- <incflag> indicates that the host IP address is to be incremented
- by one at each ping attempt. It is intended to help search blocks
- of IP addresses for active hosts. It should be used sparingly if
- at all.
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