Pinging A Host - Cisco 500 series Administration Manual

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Pinging a Host

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Pinging a Host
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Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide
• Telnet Session Timeout
• SSH Session Timeout
To set the idle session timeout for various types of sessions:
Click Administration > Idle Session Timeout. The
opens.
Select the timeout for the each session from the corresponding list. The default
timeout value is 10 minutes.
Click Apply to set the configuration settings on the switch.
Ping is a utility used to test if a remote host can be reached and to measure the
round-trip time for packets sent from the switch to a destination device.
Ping operates by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request
packets to the target host and waiting for an ICMP response, sometimes called a
pong. It measures the round-trip time and records any packet loss.
To ping a host:
Click Administration > Ping. The Ping page opens.
Configure ping by entering the fields:
• Host Definition—Select whether to specify hosts by their IP address or
name.
• IP Version—If the host is identified by its IP address, select either IPv4 or
IPv6 to indicate that it will be entered in the selected format.
• IPv6 Address Type—Select Link Local or Global as the type of IPv6
address to enter.
- Link Local—The IPv6 address uniquely identifies hosts on a single
network link. A link local address has a prefix of FE80, is not routable, and
can be used for communication only on the local network. Only one link
local address is supported. If a link local address exists on the interface,
this entry replaces the address in the configuration.
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