Diagnostics; Ping - Planet IGS-5225 Series User Manual

You can also check the SYS LED on the front panel to identify whether the System is loaded completely or
not. If the SYS LED is blinking, then it is in the firmware load stage; if the SYS LED light is on, you can use
the Web browser to login the Industrial Managed Switch.

4.9.2 Diagnostics

This section provides the Physical layer and IP layer network diagnostics tools for troubleshooting. The diagnostic tools are
designed for network manager to help them quickly diagnose problems between point to point and better service customers.
Use the Diagnostics menu items to display and configure basic administrative details of the Industrial Managed Switch. Under
System the following topics are provided to configure and view the system information:
This section has the following items:

Ping

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IPv6 Ping
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Remote IP Ping
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Cable Diagnostics
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Ping
The ping and IPv6 ping allow you to issue ICMP PING packets to troubleshoot IP connectivity issues. The Industrial Managed
Switch transmit ICMP packets, and the sequence number and roundtrip time are displayed upon reception of a reply.
Cable Diagnostics
The Cable Diagnostics performing tests on copper cables. These functions have the ability to identify the cable length and
operating conditions, and to isolate a variety of common faults that can occur on the Cat5 twisted-pair cabling. There might be
two statuses as follow:
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After the diagnostics are finished, the link is reestablished. And the following functions are available.
Coupling between cable pairs.
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Cable pair termination
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Cable Length
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4.9.2.1 Ping
This page allows you to issue ICMP PING packets to troubleshoot IP connectivity issues.
If the link is established on the twisted-pair interface in 1000BASE-T mode, the Cable Diagnostics
can run without disruption of the link or of any data transfer.
If the link is established in 100BASE-TX or 10BASE-T, the Cable Diagnostics cause the link to drop
while the diagnostics are running.
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