# Ping : Network ping probe

This module provides a network ping function, typically used to diagnose network connection status. This module is supported in EdgerOS 1.8.8 and later.

User can use the following code to import the ping module.

var ping = require("ping");

# Support

The following shows ping module APIs available for each permissions.

# Ping Functions

# ping.ping(ipaddr[, opt], callback)

• ipaddr {String} IPv4 or IPv6 address.
• opt {Object} Ping option.
• callback {Function} Return ping results.
  • error {Error} Indicate failure information when ping fails.

Ping the specified remote host. The parameters that opt can contain are as follows:

# Example

var { ping } = require("ping");
// Ping IPv4
ping("127.0.0.1", function(error) {
  if (error) {
    console.error("ping 127.0.0.1 error:", error);
  } else {
    console.log("ping 127.0.0.1 ok!");
  }
});
// Ping IPv6
ping("::1", function(error) {
  if (error) {
    console.error("ping ::1 error:", error);
  } else {
    console.log("ping ::1 ok!");
  }
});

JSRE limit: only ping up to 32 targets at the same time.