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ping cannot force ipv4 or ipv6
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Description

The ping command is missing the options ipv4 and ipv6 to force resolving a hostname to its IPv4 or IPv6 address.

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Difficulty level
Unknown (require assessment)
Version
1.4-rolling-202206270217
Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Perfectly compatible
Issue type
Improvement (missing useful functionality)

Event Timeline

aderouineau triaged this task as Normal priority.Jun 29 2022, 12:55 AM
aderouineau created this task.
aderouineau created this object in space S1 VyOS Public.
Viacheslav added a project: VyOS 1.4 Sagitta.Jun 29 2022, 10:27 AM
Viacheslav changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".
pasik added a subscriber: pasik.Jun 29 2022, 11:11 AM
n.fort added a subscriber: n.fort.Jul 25 2022, 11:37 AM

Agree that both options are not available in cli.. But, you can use source-address:

[email protected]:~$ ping fqdn.example.com source-address                                                         
Possible completions:
  <Enter>       Execute the current command
  <x.x.x.x>     Ping options
  <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>
aderouineau added a comment.Jul 26 2022, 2:14 AM

@n.fort source-address is useful especially when more precision is needed. At the moment its use is cumbersome as it does not provide help hint on the addresses assigned to the router, forcing an operator to first list those addresses.