xStack
®
DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch
Ping Test
Ping is a small program that sends ICMP Echo packets to the IP address you specify. The destination node then responds to or
"echoes" the packets sent from the Switch. This is very useful to verify connectivity between the Switch and other nodes on the
network.
IPv4 Ping Test
The following window is used to Ping an IPv4 address.
To view this window, click
Administration > Ping Test > IPv4 Ping Test
, as shown below:
Figure 2- 42. IPv4 Ping Test window
This window allows the following parameters to be configured to ping an IPv4 address.
Parameter Description
Target IP
Address
Enter an IPv4 address to be pinged.
Domain Name
Enter the domain name of the host.
Repeat Times
Either click the Infinite times radio button or enter the number of times to attempt to ping the IPv4
address configured in this window. Users may enter a number between
1
and
255
.
Timeout
Select a timeout period between
1
and
99
seconds for this Ping message to reach its destination.
If the packet fails to find the IPv4 address in this specified time, the Ping packet will be dropped.
Source IP
Address
Tick the check box and enter the source IP address of the ping packets. If specified, this IP
address will be used as the packets’ source IP address that ping sends to the remote host.
Click
Start
to initialize the Ping program.
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