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Using the Ping Function

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Probe Count – Number of packets to send. (Range: 1-16)

Packet Size – Number of bytes in a packet. (Range: 32-512 bytes)

The actual packet size will be eight bytes larger than the size specified because the switch
adds header information.

Command Usage

Use the ping command to see if another site on the network can be reached.

The following are some results of the ping command:

Normal response - The normal response occurs in one to ten seconds, depending on
network traffic.

Destination does not respond - If the host does not respond, a “timeout” appears in ten
seconds.

Destination unreachable - The gateway for this destination indicates that the destination is
unreachable.

Network or host unreachable - The gateway found no corresponding entry in the route
table.

When pinging a host name, be sure the DNS server has been defined (

page 1049

), and host

name-to-address translation enabled (

page 1047

). If necessary, local devices can also be

specified in the DNS static host table (see

page 1047

).

Interface

To ping another device on the network:

1. Click IP, General, Ping.

2. Specify the target device and ping parameters.

3. Click Apply.

FIGURE 328

Pinging a Network Device

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