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Srinivasan_G_31
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Jul 26, 2013

Extended PING

Hi Friends,

 

Would like to know if we have the possibility of doing "extended" ping in LTM command line. This is similar to what we do in a router if we want to ping a destination IP from a specific source IP that we want. Thanks,

 

Srini

 

 

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  • This is similar to what we do in a router if we want to ping a destination IP from a specific source IP that we want.is source ip selfip? if yes, have you tried ping -I option? but if not (selfip), i am not aware of.

    e.g.

     external vlan is in 172.28.20.0/24 subnet
    
    root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list net self 172.28.20.11/24
    net self 172.28.20.11/24 {
        address 172.28.20.11/24
        allow-service {
            default
        }
        traffic-group traffic-group-local-only
        vlan external
    }
    [root@ve11a:Active:Changes Pending] config  tmsh
    root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list net vlan external
    net vlan external {
        if-index 112
        interfaces {
            1.1 { }
        }
        tag 4094
    }
    
     ping to external host (172.28.26.70) from specific source ip (200.200.200.11)
    
    [root@ve11a:Active:Changes Pending] config  ping -c 3 -I 200.200.200.11 172.28.26.70
    PING 172.28.26.70 (172.28.26.70) from 200.200.200.11 : 56(84) bytes of data.
    ^C
    --- 172.28.26.70 ping statistics ---
    3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1999ms
    
     trace shows 4094 vlan and 200.200.200.11 source ip
    
    [root@ve11a:Active:Changes Pending] config  tcpdump -nni 0.0 -e icmp
    tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
    listening on 0.0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes
    08:01:43.130623 00:50:56:b3:1c:32 > 00:01:e8:d5:d4:47, ethertype 802.1Q (0x8100), length 102: vlan 4094, p 0, ethertype IPv4, 200.200.200.11 > 172.28.26.70: ICMP echo request, id 8024, seq 1, length 64
    08:01:44.130039 00:50:56:b3:1c:32 > 00:01:e8:d5:d4:47, ethertype 802.1Q (0x8100), length 102: vlan 4094, p 0, ethertype IPv4, 200.200.200.11 > 172.28.26.70: ICMP echo request, id 8024, seq 2, length 64
    08:01:45.129976 00:50:56:b3:1c:32 > 00:01:e8:d5:d4:47, ethertype 802.1Q (0x8100), length 102: vlan 4094, p 0, ethertype IPv4, 200.200.200.11 > 172.28.26.70: ICMP echo request, id 8024, seq 3, length 64
    
  • useless - need syntax for making ping work on LTM

    SYNOPSIS ping [ -LRUbdfnqrvVaAB] [ -c count] [ -i interval] [ -l preload] [ -p pattern] [ -s packetsize] [ -t ttl] [ -w deadline] [ -F flowlabel] [ -I interface] [ -M hint] [ -Q tos] [ -S sndbuf] [ -T timestamp option] [ -W timeout] [ hop ...] destination

       no help there