Diagnostics; Cable Diagnostics - Planet GS-4210-8UP2S User Manual

4.8.2 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 GS-4210 802.3BT PoE++ Series.
The ping and IPv6 ping allow you to issue ICMP PING packets to troubleshoot IP connectivity issues. The GS-4210 802.3BT
PoE++ Series transmits ICMP packets, and the sequence number and roundtrip time are displayed upon reception of a reply.
Under System the following topics are provided to configure and view the system information:
This section has the following items:

■ Cable Diagnostics

■ Ping Test
■ IPv6 Ping Test
4.8.2.1 Cable Diagnostics
The Cable Diagnostics performs 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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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.
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If the link is established in 100BASE-TX or 10BASE-T, the Cable Diagnostics cause the link to drop while the
diagnostics are running.
After the diagnostics are finished, the link is reestablished. And the following functions are available.
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Coupling between cable pairs.
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Cable pair termination
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Cable Length
Cable Diagnostics is only accurate for cables of length from 15 to 100 meters.
The Copper test and test result screens in
User's Manual of GS-4210-8UP2S/GS-4210-16UP4C/GS-4210-24UP4C
You can run the cable diagnostics of the switch on this page.
You can run the IPv4 IP address ping test of the switch on this page.
You can run the IPv6 IP address ping test of the switch on this page.
Figure 4-8-8 & Figure 4-8-9
Figure 4-8-8 Copper Test Page Screenshot
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appear.