Ping Test - D-Link xStack DGS-3420 Series Reference Manual

xStack® DGS-3420 Series Layer 2 Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch Web UI Reference Guide

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.
To view this window, click Monitoring > Ping > Ping Test as shown below:
The user may click the 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.
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Target IP Address
Domain Name
Repeat Pinging for
Size
Timeout
Source IP
Figure 11-25 Ping Test window
Description
Click the radio button and enter an IP address to be pinged.
Click the radio button and enter the domain name of the host.
Enter the number of times desired to attempt to Ping either the IPv4 address or the
IPv6 address configured in this window. Users may enter a number of times between
1 and 255.
For IPv6 only, enter a value between 1 and 6000. The default is 100.
Select a timeout period between 1 and 99 seconds for this Ping message to reach its
destination. If the packet fails to find the IP address in this specified time, the Ping
packet will be dropped.
the source IP/IPv6 address of the ping packets. If specifies source IP/IPv6 address,
the IP/IPv6 address will be used as the packets' source IP address that ping send to
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