Network Diagnostics - Planet WGSD-10020 Series User Manual

4.15 Network Diagnostics

This section provide the Physical layer and IP layer network diagnostics tools for troubleshoot. The diagnostic tools are
designed for network manager to help them quickly diagnose problems between point to point and better service customers.
Use the Diagnastics menu items to display and configure basic administrative details of the Managed Switch. Under System the
following topics are provided to configure and view the system information:
This section has the following items:
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Ping
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IPv6 Ping
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Remote IP Ping
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Cable Diagnostics
Ping
The ping and IPv6 ping allow you to issue ICMP PING packets to troubleshoot IP connectivity issues. The Managed Switch
transmit ICMP packets, and the sequence number and roundtrip time are displayed upon reception of a reply.
Cable Diagnostics
The Cable Diagnostics performing tests on copper cables. These functions have the ability to identify the cable length and
operating conditions, and to isolate a variety of common faults that can occur on the Cat5 twisted-pair cabling. There might be
two statuses as follow:
 If the link is established on the twisted-pair interface in 1000BASE-T mode, the Cable Diagnostics can run without
disruption of the link or of any data transfer.
 If the link is established in 100BASE-TX or 10BASE-T, the Cable Diagnostics cause the link to drop while the
diagnostics are running.
After the diagnostics are finished, the link is reestablished. And the following functions are available.
 Coupling between cable pairs.
 Cable pair termination
 Cable Length
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