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Table 23 Management > Diagnostic (continued)
L ABEL DESC RIPT IO N
Count Enter the number of ICMP Echo Request (ping) messages the NSW continuously sends.
IP Address/Host Type the IP address or host name of a device that you want to ping in order to test a
Name
connection.
Click
Trace Route Test
IPv4 Select this option if you want to trace the route packets take to a device with an IPv4
(NSW100 Series
address, and select
only)
path. Otherwise, select
The device to which you want to run a traceroute must belong to the VLAN you
specify here.
TTL Enter the Time To Live (TTL) value for the ICMP Echo Request packets. This is to set the
maximum number of the hops (routers) a packet can travel through. Each router along the
path will decrement the TTL value by one and forward the packets. When the TTL value
becomes zero and the destination is not found, the router drops the packets and informs the
sender.
Wait Time Specify how many seconds the NSW waits for a response to a probe before running another
traceroute.
Queries Specify how many times the NSW performs the traceroute function.
IP Address/Host Enter the IP address or host name of a device to which you want to perform a traceroute.
Name
Click
a packet takes to the specified device.
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to have the NSW ping the IP address.
Ping
to specify the ID number of the VLAN on which the NSW traces the
vla n
to trace the path on any VLAN.
-
to have the NSW perform the traceroute function. This determines the path
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