Re: ping options

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

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# ping -M 9.9.9.9
ping: Not a recognized flag: M
usage: ping [-dDLnqrRv] [-a address_family] [-c count] [-w timeout]
        [-f | -i wait] [-I a.b.c.d] [-l preload] [-o interface]
        [-p pattern] [-s packet_size] [-S IPv6_hostname_or_address]
        [-T ttl] [-E Interface name| Source Hostname| Source IP address]
host [data size] [npackets]
# fping -M 9.9.9.9
ksh: fping:  not found.
# oslevel -s
7300-03-01-2520

On Thu, Mar 5, 2026 at 6:36 AM cesco via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Out of curiosity to check this DF thing and to have a decent tool also in
> PASE, I downloaded the "fping" last sources and compiled it in PASE using
> gcc.
> The tool is useful because supports ranges etc. so I'll keep it installed
> on the partition, it works fine but when asked to "not fragment" it says as
> below.
> Does somebody have access to a real AIX with the possibility to check if
> AIX allows it in stock ping (ping -f)??thanks
>
>  -bash-5.2$ ./fping -M 9.9.9.9
> ./fping, -M option not supported on this platform
>
>
> -bash-5.2$ ./fping --help
> Usage: ./fping [options] [targets...]
>
> Probing options:
>    -4, --ipv4         only ping IPv4 addresses
>    -6, --ipv6         only ping IPv6 addresses
>    -b, --size=BYTES   amount of ping data to send, in bytes (default: 56)
>    -B, --backoff=N    set exponential backoff factor to N (default: 1.5)
>    -c, --count=N      count mode: send N pings to each target and report
> stats
>    -f, --file=FILE    read list of targets from a file ( - means stdin)
>    -g, --generate     generate target list (only if no -f specified),
>                       limited to at most 131072 targets
>                       (give start and end IP in the target list, or a CIDR
> address)
>                       (ex. ./fping -g 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.255 or ./fping
> -g 192.168.1.0/24)
>    -H, --ttl=N        set the IP TTL value (Time To Live hops)
>    -i, --interval=MSEC  interval between sending ping packets (default: 10
> ms)
>    -l, --loop         loop mode: send pings forever
>    -m, --all          use all IPs of provided hostnames (e.g. IPv4 and
> IPv6), use with -A
>    -M, --dontfrag     set the Don't Fragment flag
>    -O, --tos=N        set the type of service (tos) flag on the ICMP
> packets
>    -p, --period=MSEC  interval between ping packets to one target (in ms)
>                       (in loop and count modes, default: 1000 ms)
>    -r, --retry=N      number of retries (default: 3)
>    -R, --random       random packet data (to foil link data compression)
>    -S, --src=IP       set source address
>        --seqmap-timeout=MSEC sequence number mapping timeout (default:
> 10000 ms)
>    -t, --timeout=MSEC individual target initial timeout (default: 500 ms,
>                       except with -l/-c/-C, where it's the -p period up to
> 2000 ms)
>        --check-source discard replies not from target address
>        --icmp-timestamp use ICMP Timestamp instead of ICMP Echo
>
> Output options:
>    -a, --alive        show targets that are alive
>    -A, --addr         show targets by address
>    -C, --vcount=N     same as -c, report results (not stats) in verbose
> format
>    -d, --rdns         show targets by name (force reverse-DNS lookup)
>    -D, --timestamp    print timestamp before each output line
>        --timestamp-format=FORMAT  show timestamp in the given format (-D
> required): ctime|iso|rfc3339
>    -e, --elapsed      show elapsed time on return packets
>    -J, --json         output in JSON format (-c, -C, or -l required)
>    -n, --name         show targets by name (reverse-DNS lookup for target
> IPs)
>    -N, --netdata      output compatible for netdata (-l -Q are required)
>    -o, --outage       show the accumulated outage time (lost packets *
> packet interval)
>    -q, --quiet        quiet (don't show per-target/per-ping results)
>    -Q, --squiet=SECS[,cumulative]  same as -q, but add interval summary
> every SECS seconds,
>                                    with 'cumulative', print stats since
> beginning
>    -s, --stats        print final stats
>    -u, --unreach      show targets that are unreachable
>    -v, --version      show version
>    -x, --reachable=N  shows if >=N hosts are reachable or not
>    -X, --fast-reachable=N exits true immediately when N hosts are found
>        --print-tos    show received TOS value
>        --print-ttl    show IP TTL value
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     On Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 04:47:18 AM GMT+1, Don Brown via
> MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Hi
>
> I had a request to run a ping on the IBMi and specify the -f option to
> stop fragmentation.
>
> The green screen option does not support specifying this option.
>
> I searched and there was supposed to be an option in iNavigator but I
> think that referred to the old version as I could not find it.
>
> I tries the PASE environment but got "ping not found" and system ping also
> does not seem to support any switches.
>
> Hopefully I am just not looking hard enough ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Don Brown
>
>
> Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne
>
>
> Don Brown
>
> Senior Consultant
>
>
>
>
> P: 1300 088 400
>
>
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