Ping Test; Traceroute - D-Link DES-6500 - Switch User Manual

Ping Test

Ping is a small program that sends ICMP Echo packets to the
IP address you specify. The destination node then responds
to or "echoes" the packets sent from the Switch. This is very
useful to verify connectivity between the Switch and other
nodes on the network.
The user may use Infinite times radio button, in the Repeat
Pinging for: field, which will tell the ping program to keep
sending ICMP Echo packets to the specified IP address until
the program is stopped. The user may opt to choose a
specific number of times to ping the Target IP Address by
clicking its radio button and entering a number between 1
and 255. Click Start to initiate the Ping program.

Traceroute

The following window will aid the user in back tracing the route taken by a packet before arriving at the Switch. When initiated,
the Traceroute program will display the IP addresses of the previous hops a packet takes from the Target IP Address entered in
the window, until it reaches the Switch.
To trace the route of a packet, set the following parameters located in this window, and click Start.
Parameter
Target IP Address
TTL
Port
Timeout
Probe
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Figure 10- 6. Traceroute window
Description
Enter the IP address of the computer to be traced.
The time to live value of the trace route request. This is the maximum number of routers the
traceroute command will cross while seeking the network path between two devices.
The virtual port number. The port number must be above 1024. The value range is from 30000
to 64900.
Defines the time-out period while waiting for a response from the remote device. The user may
choose an entry between 1 and 65535 seconds.
The probe value is the number of times the Switch will send probe packets to the next hop on
the intended traceroute path. The default is 1.
Figure 10- 5. Ping Test
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