How to Use ping to Verify Network Connections

After you create the host tables, test them with ping.

On the Backup client:

• ping the client short name (hostname) from the client

• ping the client long name (hostname plus domain information) from the client

• ping the client IP address from the client

• ping the server short name from the client

• ping the server long name from the client

• ping the server IP address from the client

  The following example shows pinging the client short name and client long name from a Backup client called mars in the oak domain:

# ping mars
# ping mars.oak.com

On the Backup server (use just the steps marked with an asterisk (*) if the server is the only client):

• ping the server short name from the server *

• ping the server long name from the server *

• ping the server IP address from the server *

• ping the client short name from the server

• ping the client long name from the server

• ping the client IP address from the server