Performing Basic Diagnostics; Overview; Pinging An Ipv4 Or Ipv6 Address - AMX NXA-ENET8-2POE Operation/Reference Manual

Performing Basic Diagnostics

Overview

This chapter describes how to test network connectivity using Ping for IPv4 or IPv6, and how to test network
cables.

Pinging an IPV4 or IPV6 Address

The Ping page is used to send ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network to determine if it can
be reached.
FIG. 160 Ping page
Ping page parameters
• IP Address
• Ping Size
To ping another device on the network:
1.
Click Diagnostics, Ping or Ping6.
2.
Enter the IP address of the target device.
3.
Specify the packet size.
4.
Click Start.
NXA-ENET8-2POE Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2 PoE Switch
IPv4 or IPv6 address of the host.
An IPv4 address consists of 4 numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods.
An IPv6 address consists of 8 colon-separated 16-bit hexadecimal values. One
double colon may be used in the address to indicate the appropriate number of
zeros required to fill the undefined fields.
The payload size of the ICMP packet. (Range: 8- 1400 bytes)
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