Use The Ping Ipv6 Utility - NETGEAR M4100 Series User Manual

• Interval (secs). Enter the interval between ping packets in seconds. The interval you
enter is not retained across a power cycle.
• Datagram Size. Enter the Size of ping packet. The size you enter is not retained
across a power cycle.
PING displays the result after the switch sends a Ping request to the specified address.
10. Click the APPLY button.
The switch sends the number of pings specified in the Count field, and the results are
displayed below the configurable data in the Ping area.

Use the Ping IPv6 Utility

This screen is used to send a ping request to a specified host name or IPv6 address. You can
use this to check whether the switch can communicate with a particular IPv6 station. When
you click the APPLY button, the switch sends three pings and the results are displayed on the
screen. The output is Send count=3, Receive count=n from (IPv6 Address). Average round
trip time = n ms.
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To configure the settings and ping a host name or IPv6 address on the network:
1. Prepare your computer with a static IP address in the 169.254.100.0 subnet, for
example, 169.254.100.201.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable from an Ethernet port on your computer to an Ethernet port on
the switch.
3. Launch a web browser.
4. Enter the IP address of the switch in the web browser address field.
The default IP address of the switch is 169.254.100.100.
The Login screen displays.
5. Enter the user name and password.
The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
6. Click the Login button.
The web management interface menu displays.
7. Select Maintenance
M4100 Series Managed Switch
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Troubleshooting Ping IPv6.
Maintenance
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