Determining Whether A Remote Tcp/Ip Node Is Reachable; Monitoring Error Counters - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Determining Whether a Remote TCP/IP Node Is
Reachable

Monitoring Error Counters

To determine whether a remote node is reachable, run an Echo test by doing
the following:
1
Load PING
2
Specify the remote node address in the Host Name field.
3
Specify the number of seconds between each transmission in the Seconds
to Pause between pings field.
4
Specify the packet size to be transmitted in the IP Packet Size to send in
Bytes field.
5
Press Esc to begin transmitting.
If you receive an echo reply packet, the remote node is reachable.
Error counters are monitored to make sure they are not increasing rapidly,
because a rapid increase indicates a problem. For information about
troubleshooting these problems, see
monitor error counters for TCP/IP interfaces in the following ways:
Use MONITOR to view counters such as Checksum Errors, Send and
Receive Packet Errors, and interface-specific errors. To view these
counters, load MONITOR and select LAN/WAN information >
interface you want to view.
Use TCPCON to view the following TCP/IP counters:
IP Errors
IP Address Errors
Unknown Protocol Errors
Local Errors
Reassembly Failures Detected
Fragmentation Failures Detected
To view these counters, load TCPCON and select Statistics > IP > More
IP Statistics.
"Troubleshooting" on page 93. You can
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