ping by an IPv6 IP address First, use the host command to find out IPv6 address for wwwcybercitibiz, type $ host t AAAA wwwcybercitibiz Sample outputs wwwcybercitibiz has IPv6 address 2607f0d Type the following command $ ping6 2607f0d Sample outputs The command for pinging IPv6 address is ping6 Let's ping localhost using its IPv6 address $ ping6 1 PING6 (56=40 bytes) 1 > 1 16 bytes from 1, icmp_seq=0 hlim=64 time=0053 ms 16 bytes from 1, icmp_seq=1 hlim=64 time=01 ms ^C 1 ping6 statistics 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 00% packet loss roundtrip min/avg/max/stddev = To ping the destination 101 and resolve 101 to its host name, type ping /a 101 To ping the destination 101 with 10 echo Request messages, each of which has a Data field of 1000 bytes, type ping /n 10 /l 1000 101 To ping the destination 101 and record the route for 4 hops, type ping /r 4 101 Ping Using Specific Gateway Interface Or Source Ip Address Nixcraft Ping ipv6 command line