[c-nsp] ping ipv6 question

[Hank Nussbacher]

At 10:27 AM 29-05-06 +0000, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
>Hank Nussbacher <hank at efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:
>
> > Can someone clue me in why the Cisco ipv6 ping doesn't have the option to
> > provide a source IP/interface:
>
>What IOS version do you have? It is available at least on 12.2(25)S:

Yup, other versions like 12.4.4T(1) has specific "Source address or 
interface:".  Just not on 12.2(18)SXE5 (cosmetic oversight)?  But is 
available from command line as Harald has pointed out.  -Hank


>BACK1-C7206-OTN-SATIP#ping ipv6
>Target IPv6 address: 2001:1b10::12
>Repeat count [5]:
>Datagram size [100]:
>Timeout in seconds [2]:
>Extended commands? [no]: y
>Source address or interface: Loopback10
>UDP protocol? [no]:
>Verbose? [no]:
>Precedence [0]:
>DSCP [0]:
>Include hop by hop option? [no]:
>Include destination option? [no]:
>Sweep range of sizes? [no]:
>Type escape sequence to abort.
>Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 2001:1B10::12, timeout is 2 seconds:
>Packet sent with a source address of 2001:1B10::11
>!!!!!
>Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/4 ms
>
>or
>
>BACK1-C7206-OTN-SATIP#ping ipv6 2001:1b10::12 source Loopback10
>
>Type escape sequence to abort.
>Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 2001:1B10::12, timeout is 2 seconds:
>Packet sent with a source address of 2001:1B10::11
>!!!!!
>Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/4 ms
>
>Regards,
>Bernhard
>
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