Black Box 5000 series Reference Manual page 133

Menus Reference Manual: Applications Set-Up Menu
6 - Time To Live
The Time To Live option sets the maximum number of router hops that an IP packet generated by the router is allowed
before being discarded.
IP packets that are being routed through the router will have their time-to-live value decremented by two.
Default: [32]
Range: 1 - 255
7 - Traceroute
The traceroute option displays a listing of the IP address of each router on the path between this router and the specified
destination IP address. Also listed are the response times for each of the three packets sent to each successive hop.
1 198.169.1.22
2 204.83.154.142
3 207.195.94.33
4 142.165.3.53
8 - Ping
The Ping option generates ICMP Ping messages to the specified destination IP address. The size and number of
packets transmitted is entered within the command options. If you enter a broadcast address, you will be additionally
prompted for LAN or Remote Site ID information. The ping broadcast will then be sent out the LAN port or to the
remote site router.
Enter :
Destination (up to 15 characters)
> 25.25.25.25
Enter :
Length of data in bytes (1472 or lower)
> 15
Enter :
Number of packets to send (from 1 to 32767)
> 1
The results of the Ping messages received will be displayed on the screen. The example below shows the results of an
unsuccessful Ping command.
Ping to 25.25.25.25, 15 bytes, count 1
Enter <Tab> or <Esc> to stop
No Reply from 25.25.25.25 sequence 0 for 2.0 seconds
Ping results for 25.25.25.25, packets transmitted 1, received 0
Press any key to return to menu.
100 ms 90 ms 90
90 ms 90 ms 90
90 ms 90 ms 90
240 ms 330 ms 330 ms.
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