Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router - Manual (Page 139)

General User Interface Guidelines
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This abbreviated IP address format can be used with the ftp , telnet , crgp , modvl , ping , snmpc ,
and xlat commands. For example, to ping the IP address 198.0.0.2, you can abbreviate this IP
address by entering
ping 198.2
at the system prompt. After you answer a few prompts (see Chapter 25, “ IP Routing” for more
information on the ping command), something similar to the following will be displayed.
Ping starting, hit <Enter> to stop
PING 198.0.0.2: 64 data bytes
[0 ] T
----198.0.0.2 PING Statistics----
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
In addition, the IP subnet mask 255.255.0.0 can be abbreviated in the following ways:
• 255.255.
• 255.255..