Remote-Ping Configuration; Introduction To Remote-Ping - 3Com 4200G 12-Port Configuration Manual

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remote-ping Configuration

When configuring remote-ping, go to these sections for information you are interested in:
remote-ping Overview
remote-ping Configuration
remote-ping Configuration Examples
remote-ping Overview

Introduction to remote-ping

remote-ping is a network diagnostic tool. It is used to test the performance of various protocols running
in networks. remote-ping provides more functions than the ping command.
The ping command can only use the ICMP protocol to test the round trip time (RTT) between this
end and a specified destination end for the user to judge whether the destination end is reachable.
Besides the above function of the ping command, remote-ping can also provide other functions,
such as testing the status (open/close) of a DHCP/FTP/HTTP/SNMP server and the response time
of various services.
You need to configure remote-ping client and sometimes the corresponding remote-ping servers as well
to perform various remote-ping tests.
All remote-ping tests are initiated by a remote-ping client and you can view the test results on the
remote-ping client only.
When performing a remote-ping test, you need to configure a remote-ping test group on the
remote-ping client. A remote-ping test group is a set of remote-ping test parameters. A test group
contains several test parameters and is uniquely identified by an administrator name and a test tag.
After creating a remote-ping test group and configuring the test parameters, you can then perform a
remote-ping test by the test-enable command.
Being different from the ping command, remote-ping does not display the RTT or timeout status of
each packet on the Console terminal in real time. To view the statistic results of your remote-ping
test operation, you need to execute the display remote-ping command.
remote-ping also allows you to set parameters for remote-ping test groups, start remote-ping tests
and view statistical test results through a network management device.
Figure 1-1 remote-ping illustration
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