Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 66)

Chapter 3: Basic Switch Parameters
66 Section I: Basic Operations
Pinging a Remote System
You can instruct the switch to ping a remote device on your network. This
procedure is useful in determining whether a valid link exists between the
switch and another device.
Note
To perform this procedure, the switch must have an IP address.
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 46.
2. From the System Administration menu, type 9 to select System
Utilities.
The System Utilities menu is shown in Figure 7 on page 53.
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.