NAME
l2ping - Send L2CAP echo request and receive answer
SYNOPSIS
l2ping [OPTIONS] bd_addr
DESCRIPTION
l2ping(1) sends a L2CAP echo request to the Bluetooth MAC address bd_addr given in dotted hex notation.
OPTIONS
-i <hciX>
The command is applied to device 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.
-s size
The size of the data packets to be sent.
-c count
Send count number of packets then exit.
-t timeout
Wait timeout seconds for the response.
-d delay
Wait delay seconds between pings.
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-f |
Kind of flood ping. Use with care! It reduces the delay time between packets to 0. | ||
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-r |
Reverse ping (gnip?). Send echo response instead of echo request. | ||
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-v |
Verify response payload is identical to request payload. It is not required for remote stacks to return the request payload, but most stacks do (including Bluez). |
bd_addr
The Bluetooth MAC address to be pinged in dotted hex notation like 01:02:03:ab:cd:ef or 01:EF:cd:aB:02:03
RESOURCES
REPORTING BUGS
AUTHOR
Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk [AT] qualcomm.com>, Marcel Holtmann <marcel [AT] holtmann.org>, Nils Faerber <nils [AT] kernelconcepts.de>, Adam Laurie <adam [AT] algroup.uk>.
COPYRIGHT
Free use of this software is granted under ther terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licenses (LGPL).