Checking internet connection without a winbox

[Dotan Cohen]

On 03/07/06, jdow <jdow at earthlink.net> wrote:
> What happens when you ping the router?
>

$ ping 192.168.123.254
PING 192.168.123.254 (192.168.123.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.399 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.381 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.388 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.384 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.362 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.382 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.381 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.377 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.378 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.254: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.374 ms

--- 192.168.123.254 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9007ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.362/0.380/0.399/0.023 ms

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