topic Re: A quaint ping in Operating System - HP-UX

A quaint ping

FireDragon.Xu — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:37:10 GMT

Hello

In console,i using the ping command to test the LAN.I recieved a message,following is the message display:
#ping 192.168.88.30
ping:unknown hosts "192.168.88.30#"

Anybody can tell me what is happened?

Thanks.

Jackie Xu

Re: A quaint ping

Eugen Cocalea — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:44:22 GMT

Hi,

The only way I can get that error is issuing the command:

ping 192.168.88.30#

(notice the # at the end).

E.

Re: A quaint ping

Joseph Chakkery — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:49:30 GMT

Hello,

It seems U typed # by mistake at the end of ur ping command.

Try to give the command again.

#ping 192.168.88.30

U will be successful.

Regards
Joe.

Re: A quaint ping

Ravi_8 — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:52:24 GMT

Hi,
Eugen is right, why do you use # at the end, it is meaningless to ping program. if you still get the same error without # , check whether the entry for that host exist in /etc/hosts file.

Re: A quaint ping

melvyn burnard — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:12:33 GMT

checking the host entry in /etc/hosts is no use if you are pinging an ip address!
It looks like your command line entry may have an additional character at the end.
try again.

Re: A quaint ping

John Bolene — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:48:13 GMT

May have been a backspace char at the end of the line.

I do not understand quaint?

Re: A quaint ping

Wodisch — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:48:27 GMT

Hello Jackie,

I guess the reason is that you have hit the '#' just to the left of your "return" key, and then pressed the "backspace" key to delete it. But it seems your "erase" key is NOT "backspace" but "delete"...

Right?
Wodisch

Re: A quaint ping

Kevin O'Donovan — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:24:30 GMT

I'm not even sure this could cause it, but maybe your stty settings are off?