Network Diagnostics - Planet GS-5220 Series User Manual

4.15 Network Diagnostics

This section provide the Physical layer and IP layer network diagnostics tools for troubleshoot. 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 Managed Switch.
Under System the following topics are provided to configure and view the system information:
This section has the following items:
 Ping
 IPv6 Ping
 Remote IP Ping
 Cable Diagnostics
PING
The ping and IPv6 ping allow you to issue ICMP PING packets to troubleshoot IP connectivity issues. The
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:
 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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