Troubleshooting; Ping - NETGEAR GS110TP - ProSafe Gigabit Smart Switch Software Administration Manual

GS108T and GS110TP Smart Switch Software Administration Manual

Troubleshooting

The Troubleshooting menu contains links to the following options:
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Ping

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Ping
Use the Ping page to tell the switch to send a Ping request to a specified IP address. You can
use this feature to check whether the switch can communicate with a particular network host.
To access the Ping page, click Maintenance  Troubleshooting  Ping.
To configure the settings and ping a host on the network:
In the Hostname/IP Address field, specify the IP address or the hostname of the
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station you want the switch to ping. The initial value is blank. This information is not
retained across a power cycle.
Optionally, configure the following settings:
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Count. Specify the number of pings to send. The valid range is 1–15.
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Interval. Specify the number of seconds between pings sent. The valid range is 1–60.
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Size. Specify the size of the ping (ICMP) packet to send. The valid range is 0–65507.
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Click Cancel to cancel the operation on the screen and reset the data on the screen to the
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latest value of the switch.
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