Remote-Ping Configuration; Introduction To Remote-Ping; Introduction To Remote-Ping Configuration - 3Com 4500 Configuration Manual

1

Remote-ping Configuration

Introduction to remote-ping

remote-ping is a network diagnostic tool used to test the performance of protocols (only ICMP by far)
running on network. It is an enhanced alternative to the ping command.
remote-ping test group is a set of remote-ping test parameters. A test group contains several test
parameters and is uniquely identified by an administrator name plus a test tag.
You can perform an remote-ping test after creating a test group and configuring the test parameters.
Different from the ping command, remote-ping does not display the round trip time (RTT) and timeout
status of each packet on the console terminal in real time. You need to execute the display
remote-ping command to view the statistic results of your remote-ping test operation. remote-ping
allows setting the parameters of remote-ping test groups and starting remote-ping test operations
through network management system.
Figure 1-1 Illustration for remote-ping
remote-ping Configuration

Introduction to remote-ping Configuration

The configuration tasks for remote-ping include:
Enabling remote-ping Client
Creating test group
Configuring test parameters
The test parameters that you can configure include:
1) Destination IP address
It is equivalent to the destination IP address in the ping command.
2) Test type
Currently, remote-ping supports only one test type: ICMP.
3) Number of test packets to be sent in a test
If this parameter is set to a number greater than 1, the system sends the second test packet once it
receives a response to the first one, or when the test timer times out if it receives no response after
sending the first one, and so forth until the last test packet is sent out. This parameter is equivalent to
the –n keyword in the ping command.
4) Automatic test interval
1-1