def METHOD_NAME(self):
    '''
    ping to peer machine
    '''
    cmd = "echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts"
    if process.system(cmd, shell=True, verbose=True,
                      ignore_status=True) != 0:
        self.fail("unable to set value to icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts")
    cmd = "ip link set %s allmulticast on" % self.iface
    if process.system(cmd, shell=True, verbose=True,
                      ignore_status=True) != 0:
        self.fail("unable to set all mulicast option to test interface")
    cmd = "ip route add 224.0.0.0/4 dev %s" % self.peerif
    output = self.session.cmd(cmd)
    if not output.exit_status == 0:
        self.fail("Unable to add route for Peer interafce")
    cmd = "timeout 600 ping -I %s 224.0.0.1 -c %s -f" % (self.peerif,
                                                         self.count)
    output = self.session.cmd(cmd)
    if not output.exit_status == 0:
        self.fail("multicast test failed")