.. index:: pair: group; ping tool
.. _doxid-group__basic-ping:

ping tool
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Check that **ping** tool can ping Tester address from IUT.

Scenarios: X3-ST07.



#. Start **ping** tool on IUT to ping Tester address. Send **packets** ping packets with **data_size** bytes of payload, waiting for **interval** seconds between them.

#. Wait until the tool terminates.

#. Check that the number of transmitted packets equals to the number of received packets in **ping** tool report.

Dmitry Izbitsky `Dmitry.Izbitsky@oktetlabs.ru <mailto:Dmitry.Izbitsky@oktetlabs.ru>`__



.. rubric:: Parameters:

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	*
		- env

		- 
		  Testing environment:
		  
		  * :ref:`env.peer2peer <doxid-group__env-peer2peer>`
		  
		  * :ref:`env.peer2peer_ipv6 <doxid-group__env-peer2peer__ipv6>`

	*
		- packets

		- Number of ping packets to send.

	*
		- data_size

		- Number of payload bytes in a ping packet.

	*
		- interval

		- Number of seconds to wait between sending ping packets.