Merge ping+ping6 and traceroue+traceroute6 to single utilities?

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> >>From an operator's point of view: unlike ordinary network applications like
> remote login tools, we are usually aware of address family when using network
> management tools.  We do not just want to know the reachability to the host,
> but want to know the reachability to the host via a particular network protocol
> such as IPv6.  Thus, even if we had a unified ping(8) command for both IPv4 and
> IPv6, we would usually type a -6 or -4 option (or something like those) to
> specify the particular address family.  This essentially means that we have two
> different commands.

Disagree. As I showed in my previous message, *only* in the case of a
name with both A and AAAA records is this necessary.

I use unified ping and traceroute on JunOS daily. It's a blessing not
to have to specify the address family.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no