IPv6 Ping with Router Header

[veeresh_1]

Hi,

I have 3 machine HP-UX11i and FreeBSD host connected accross Linux Router. I would like to ping from HP-UX11i to FreeBSD with routing header.
Is the HP-UX11i support ping with routing header?

Thanks in Advance
Veeresh

[Steven E. Protter]

What command are you using for the ping?

Perhaps a test should be run. If it doesn't work, provide the return code.

ping hostname
rc=$?

echo "return code is: $rc"

SEP

[Muthukumar_5]

You can use traceroute to get the routing headers from a source machine to destination machine.

hth.

[veeresh_1]

Do we have any option with ping ?

Veeresh

[C. Beerse_1]

The option with ping is `ping -t <#>`.
Traceroute does a `ping -t 1`, `ping -t 2`, `ping -t 3` until it reaches the destination.

-t stands for time-to-live, which is how many hops the ping should go.

[veeresh_1]

ping -t will set the hop limit. I have to include IPv6 router header along with ping ( I mean in the echo request ,the packet should pass through the Linux Router ).

Veeresh