Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 77)

AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section I: Basic Operations 77
Pinging a Remote System
This procedure instructs the switch to ping a remote device on your
network. This can be useful in determining whether a valid link exists
between the switch and another network device.
The local subnet on the switch where the device is a member must have a
routing interface. The switch uses the IP address of the routing interface
as its source address when sending the ping. For background information
on routing interfaces, refer to the latest version of the AT-S63
Management Software Command Line Interface User’s Guide. To
configure routing interfaces using the menus interface, refer to Chapter 29,
“Internet Protocol Version 4 Routing Interfaces” on page 695 in this guide.
Note
Prior to version 2.0.0 of the AT-S63 management software, the
switch could ping a device only if the device was a member of the
switch’s management VLAN. This restriction no longer applies. The
switch can ping a device from any local subnet, provided the subnet
has a routing interface.
To instruct the switch to ping a network device, perform the following
procedure:
1. From the Main Menu, type 5 to select System Administration.
The System Administration menu is shown in Figure 4 on page 60.
2. From the System Administration menu, type 9 to select System
Utilities.
The System Utilities menu is shown in Figure 9 on page 71.
3. For the System Utilities menu, type 3 to select Ping a Remote System.
The following prompt is displayed:
Please enter an IP address ->
4. Enter the IP address of the end node you want the switch to ping.
The results of the ping command are displayed on the screen.
5. To stop the ping, press any key.