Ping – PLANET WGSW-48000 User Manual

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PING

ping is a program that sends a series of packets over a network or the Internet to a specific computer in order to

generate a response from that computer. The other computer responds with an acknowledgment that it received the

packets. Ping was created to verify whether a specific computer on a network or the Internet exists and is connected.

ping

uses Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets. The PING Request is the packet from the origin

computer, and the PING Reply is the packet response from the target.

Policer

A policer can limit the bandwidth of received frames. It is located in front of the ingress queue.

POP3

POP3 is an acronym for Post Office Protocol version 3. It is a protocol for email clients to retrieve email messages from

a mail server.

POP3 is designed to delete mail on the server as soon as the user has downloaded it. However, some

implementations allow users or an administrator to specify that mail be saved for some period of time. POP can be

thought of as a "store-and-forward" service.

An alternative protocol is Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). IMAP provides the user with more capabilities for

retaining e-mail on the server and for organizing it in folders on the server. IMAP can be thought of as a remote file

server.

POP and IMAP deal with the receiving of e-mail and are not to be confused with the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

(SMTP). You send e-mail with SMTP, and a mail handler receives it on your recipient's behalf. Then the mail is read

using POP or IMAP. IMAP4 and POP3 are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval.

Virtually all modern e-mail clients and servers support both.

Private VLAN

In a private VLAN, communication between ports in that private VLAN is not permitted. A VLAN can be configured as a

private VLAN.

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QCE

QCE is an acronym for QoS Control Entry. It describes QoS class associated with a particular QCE ID.

There are six QCE frame types: Ethernet Type, VLAN, UDP/TCP Port, DSCP, TOS, and Tag Priority. Frames can be

classified by one of 4 different QoS classes: "Low", "Normal", "Medium", and "High" for individual application.

QCL

QCL is an acronym for QoS Control List. It is the list table of QCEs, containing QoS control entries that classify to a

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