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6.6.7 Pinging a Device
You can ping devices from the Bridge’s CLI. The Bridge pings
three times and then displays the ping statistics.
[GW]> ping 123.45.6.78
PING 123.45.6.78 (123.45.6.78) from 123.45.6.89 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 123.45.6.78: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=18.3 ms
64 bytes from 123.45.6.78: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=23.0 ms
64 bytes from 123.45.6.78: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=23.0 ms
--- 123.45.6.78 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% loss, time 2025ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.318/21.490/23.098/2.243 ms
The ping command is valid in either AP (access point) mode or
GW (gateway) mode (refer to Section 6.1.1 for more detail).
6.6.8 Tracing a Packet Route
You can run traceroute from the Bridge’s CLI:
[GW]> traceroute 123.45.6.78
traceroute to 123.45.6.78 (123.45.6.78), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 123.45.6.78 (123.45.6.78) 1.001 ms 5.474 ms 9.954 ms
The traceroute command is valid in either AP (access point)
mode or GW (gateway) mode (refer to Section 6.1.1 for more
detail).
6.7 WLAN Wireless Extension Tools
The Bridge CLI calls a select set of Linux® Wireless Extension
Tools for WLAN configuration beyond the basic radio settings
configured through the Bridge’s native
set radio command
(described in Section 6.4.3).
WARNING: Some
of the Linux Wire-
less Extension Tools
available through the
Bridge CLI can, if used
improperly, damage
your network configu-
ration and even render
the Bridge temporarily
inoperable. Do not use
these commands unless
you are familiar with
them—and then only at
your own risk.
These commands are intended exclusively for use by
experienced network administrators familiar with them. If you
have no experience with these tools, you should familiarize
yourself with using Linux Wireless Extension Tools to configure
the MADWiFi/Atheros® wireless driver. If you have Web
access, you can refer to:
http://madwifi.org/users-guide/node2.html
You can obtain a list of Wireless Extension Tools available
through the Bridge CLI
help system with:
[AP]> wlan
Description: executes WLAN utility commands
Usage: wlan [commands] [args]. Possible commands:
80211stats
athstats
athchans
athctrl
athdebug
iwconfig
iwpriv
wlanconfig
Usage and valid arguments for these commands can be
displayed through their native
help function, which is called
with the -h argument, as follows: