Randy wrote: > With the right capabilities (I think you need SM capabilities) you can run > PING.NET.SYS and it will prompt you for the IP address, packet size and > number of packets you wish to send, or you can simply PING.NET.SYS > nnnn.nnnn.nnnn.nnnn (<-- the IP address) and it will continually ping until > you hit Ctrl-y. Using the following command file you can ping directly from the CI prompt without needing to CTRL-Y or BREAK. parm IPAddress,NumPackets=5,SizePackets=64 ping.net.sys "!IPAddress,!Numpackets,!SizePackets" ,1 :ping 127.0.0.1 -------- PING/XL (ICMP Echo Requestor) : Version B0509000 -------- PARAMETERS INPUT: ---------------- Remote IP address in hex : $7F000001 Number of packets : 5 Number of data bytes : 64 ---- PING $7F000001 : 64 byte packet(s), 5 packet(s) ---- 64 byte(s) from $7F000001 : icmp_seq = 1, time = 54 ms 64 byte(s) from $7F000001 : icmp_seq = 2, time = 1 ms 64 byte(s) from $7F000001 : icmp_seq = 3, time = 1 ms 64 byte(s) from $7F000001 : icmp_seq = 4, time = 1 ms 64 byte(s) from $7F000001 : icmp_seq = 5, time = 1 ms ---- $7F000001 PING Statistics ---- 5 packet(s) transmitted, 5 packet(s) received, 0 % packet loss round trip (ms) min/avg/max = 1 / 11 / 54 : Doug. Doug Werth Beechglen Development Inc. [log in to unmask] Cincinnati, Ohio The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Beechglen Development. They might but not necessarily. They represent solely the opinions of the author.