topic Re: ping problem in Operating System - HP-UX

ping problem

dictum9 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:54:13 GMT

Why do I get an error when running ping (11.23)

The syntax looks right.

#: ping -I 3 -n 5 hostname
Usage: ping [-oprv] [-f address-family] [-i address] [-I interval] [-t ttl] host [-n count [-m timeout]]
ping [-oprv] [-f address-family] [-i address] [-I interval] [-t ttl] host packet-size [[-n] count [-m timeout]]

man ping
-n count The number of packets ping will transmit before
terminating. The -n is not needed if also specifying
packet-size. Range: zero to 2147483647. The default
is zero, in which case ping sends packets until
interrupted.

Re: ping problem

Laurent Menase — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:07:24 GMT

no the order is important :D

ping -l 3 target -n 5

Re: ping problem

Pete Randall — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:22:38 GMT

Oddly enough, the hostname goes in the middle:

ping -I3 hostname -n 5

Pete

Re: ping problem

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:25:06 GMT

Shalom,

Check the patch database to see if there is an update.

SEP

Re: ping problem

dictum9 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:14:16 GMT

Thank you.

As software developers say "It's not a bug, it's a feature".