Disabling or enabling ping blocking – Allied Telesis AT-S82 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic Switch Parameters

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Disabling or Enabling Ping Blocking

You can allow the switch to respond to ping requests by setting the Ping
Blocking parameter. The default setting is enabled, which means that the
switch does not respond to ping requests.

To disable or enable ping blocking, perform the following procedure:

1. From the main menu, select Basic Switch Information.

The Basic Switch Information page is shown in Figure 4 on page 18.

2. For Ping Blocking, choose one of the following:

Enabled
The switch does not respond to ping requests. This is the default.

Disabled
The switch responds to ping requests. Allied Telesis recommends that
you choose this setting.

3. Click Apply to implement your changes.

4. To save the settings to the configuration file, from the main menu,

select Save Configuration.

The Save Configuration page is shown in Figure 3 on page 14.

5. Click Apply.

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