Testing A Link - HP J2600A Installation Manual

Troubleshooting
Diagnostic Tests

Testing a Link

The router provides information on network links in the event log, statis-
tics, routing tables, and the management information base.
In addition, the router provides three other specific link tests: Ping,
AppleTalk Ping, and Telnet, described on the following pages. Note that
you can use HP network management software to test the links (refer to
the software's help screens).
The procedures for using these tests require entering NCL commands at
the console. For information about connecting a console to the router,
refer to "Connect a Console", page 1-18. For information about entering
NCL commands, see "Using the Main Menu and NCL", page 2-3; for
details about the NCL commands, refer to the Operator's Reference.
Tests from Other Devices
Use this procedure to find the station address (also called MAC,
physical, or Ethernet address) of a port on this router for use in an IEEE
802.3 test from another network device.
1. At the NCL prompt, enter the following command:
get cct.cct-name.mac_addr [Enter]
where:
cct-name is the configured circuit name for the port. The
default circuit names for the WAN port and the internal LAN port
are "wan1" and "ether1".
2. Note the resulting station address.
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