Lan Commands; Packet Capture Commands - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 9W006 User Manual

USER'S GUIDE
LAN C
OMMANDS
The following commands are used to display current system LAN diagnostic information:
lan stats
Displays the current LAN packet forwarding statistics, including the number of frames
received and transmitted from LAN and WAN connections. Refer to
available statistics and their definitions.
lan stat clear
Clears the current LAN packet forwarding statistics.
lan test
Transmits a test message onto the LAN and test for proper LAN connections. If the transmit is
successful, the following message will be displayed:
LAN port <port #> Transmit was successful
If the transmit fails, refer to the section titled
failure.
P C
ACKET APTURE
In many applications, it is often desirable to monitor incoming LAN data. The pkt commands
will allow you to capture, display, save, and load bridged or routed data packets.
You must configure the terminal setting the same for Telnet and the terminal emulation package.
To do this, use the term set command.
Note: Packet capture commands are available for both local and remote (Telnet) connections.
The following diagnostic packet commands are available:
pkt [on/off]
Enables or disables the Packet Capture feature.
pkt capture [all/idle/reqd/pend/actv/none]
Specifies which packets will be captured by the Packet Capture feature. A definition of each
possible parameter follows.
all
All packets will be captured.
none
No packets will be captured.
reqd
Only packets causing a connection to be requested will be captured.
pend
Only packets received while a requested connection is pending will be captured.
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C
OMMANDS
LAN
LAN Attachment to determine the reason for the
Statistics, for a list of