Diagnostic tool PING4 for IP

The PING4 program is the result of porting the corresponding ping program from the Open Source package iputils.

PING4 sends an ICMP echo request to an IP address which you have entered and evaluates the associated echo reply.

Starting PING4

When ping4 is called, the program expects a suitable IP address or a computer name. When you specify a computer name, PING4 converts this name into an IP address using the internal tables and an available DNS server. Here the computer name stands both for the specific computer name without the domain label and for an FQDN with the complete computer and domain names.

You can call PING4 under any ID. There are, however, options which have a different value range depending on whether the program was called under the TSOS ID or under a user ID.

You can dispense with the single quotes when you use SDF-A 04.1G and higher and when the SDF syntax file SYSSDF.SOCKETS.nnn (where nnn >= 025) has been appropriately adjusted.

start-ping4 [-option 1 [Value Option 1] -Option n [Value Option n]] IPv4
address or processor name (only processor part or FQDN)
or alternatively
ping4 [-option 1 [Value Option 1] -Option n [Value Option n]] IPv4 address or
processorn name (only processor part or FQDN)

You can query the possible options online:

ping4 -h
or alternatively
ping4 -?

If you specify an unknown option, the program’s usage information is output.

Note:

If, despite correct entry, the usage list is displayed following the command call, enclose the call parameters in single quotes.

start-ping4 '[-option 1 [Value Option 1] -Option n [Value Option n]] IPv4
address or processor name' (only processor part or FQDN)

If the command is now processed without error, no current SDF version is available to you.