TypeOfService Property

The type of the ICMP message sent as a ping request.

Syntax

 ping.getTypeOfService([callback])
 ping.setTypeOfService( typeOfService, [callback])

Default Value

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getTypeOfService([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setTypeOfService([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This property contains the type of the ICMP message sent as a ping request. The default value is 8 (ECHO REQUEST).

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer