| .TH L2PING 1 "Jan 22 2002" BlueZ "Linux System Administration" |
| .SH NAME |
| l2ping \- Send L2CAP echo request and receive answer |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B l2ping |
| [ |
| .I -i <hciX> |
| ] [ |
| .I -s size |
| ] [ |
| .I -c count |
| ] [ |
| .I -t timeout |
| ] [ |
| .I -f |
| ] < |
| .I bd_addr |
| > |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .LP |
| L2ping sends a L2CAP echo request to the Bluetooth MAC address |
| .B bd_addr |
| given in dotted hex notation. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .I -i " <hciX>" |
| The command is applied to device |
| .I |
| hciX |
| , which must be the name of an installed Bluetooth device (X = 0, 1, 2, ...) |
| If not specified, the command will be sent to the first available Bluetooth |
| device. |
| .TP |
| .I -s size |
| The |
| .B size |
| of the data packets to be sent. |
| .TP |
| .I -c count |
| Send |
| .B count |
| number of packets then exit. |
| .TP |
| .I -c \fBtimeout\fP |
| Wait |
| .B \fBtimeout\fP |
| seconds for the response. |
| .TP |
| .I -f |
| Kind of flood ping. Use with care! It reduces the delay time between packets |
| to 0. |
| .TP |
| .I bd_addr |
| The Bluetooth MAC address to be pinged in dotted hex notation like |
| .B 01:02:03:ab:cd:ef |
| or |
| .B 01:EF:cd:aB:02:03 |
| .SH AUTHORS |
| Written by Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> and Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> |
| .PP |
| man page by Nils Faerber <nils@kernelconcepts.de>. |
