3 ping \- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
5 .B /usr/bin/ping hostname [length]
14 # Ping host 192.168.1.1
16 .B ping www.minix3.org 500
17 # Ping www.minix3.org with 500 byte IP packets
20 Sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to the specified host and waits for a ECHO_REPLY.
21 Optionally, the length (size) of the IP packet can be specified. The default is
22 30 bytes. (Note, the 14 byte Ethernet header will make this a 44 byte packet.)
25 Size (in bytes) of the transmitted ICMP packet. The default length of the IP
26 packet is 30 bytes. (Adding the ethernet header will result in a 44 byte
27 packet being transmitted.)
31 Leith Brandeland <lb.minix@gmail.com>