# Ping Command
[](https://components.espressif.com/components/esp-qa/ping-cmd)
This repository contains `ping` commands based esp-idf console.
## Known Issues
- ICMPv6 request checksum is incorrect in IPv6-only mode (IDF-9670).
- Fixed at: [esp-idf commit: afb4a02f](https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/commits/afb4a02fe4ec15fe2f71278c2b75b287199ce15e)
## Documentation
- Use `help` for overview of commands:
```
ping [-W <timeout>] [-i <interval>] [-s <size>] [-c <count>] [-Q <n>] [[host]] [--abort]
send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
-W, --timeout=<timeout> time to wait for response
-i, --interval=<interval> seconds between sending each packet
-s, --packetsize=<size> use <size> as number of data bytes to be sent
-c, --count=<count> stop after <count> replies, default: 5
-Q, --tos=<n> Set Type of Service related bits in IP datagrams
[host] domain name or ip address
--abort ping abort
```
### Installation
- To add a plugin command or any component from IDF component manager into your project, simply include an entry within the `idf_component.yml` file.
```yaml
dependencies:
esp-qa/ping-cmd:
version: "^1.0.0"
```
- For more details refer [IDF Component Manager](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/idf-component-manager/en/latest/)
idf.py add-dependency "esp-qa/ping-cmd^1.0.0"