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Instruction Manual - NXA-ENET8-POE+
IP Tools
This chapter provides information on network functions including:
Ping
- Sends ping message to another node on the network.
Trace Route
- Sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network.
Address Resolution Protocol
- Describes how to configure ARP aging time, proxy ARP, or static addresses. Also shows how
to display dynamic entries in the ARP cache.
Using the Ping Function
Use the Tool > Ping page to send ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network.
The following table lists the options on this page:
Command Usage
Use the ping command to see if another site on the network can be reached.
The following are some results of the ping command:
Normal response - The normal response occurs in one to ten seconds, depending on network traffic.
Destination does not respond - If the host does not respond, a "timeout" appears in ten seconds.
Destination unreachable - The gateway for this destination indicates that the destination is unreachable.
Network or host unreachable - The gateway found no corresponding entry in the route table.
The same link-local address may be used by different interfaces/nodes in different zones (RFC 4007). Therefore, when
specifying a link-local address, include zone-id information indicating the VLAN identifier after the % delimiter. For example,
FE80::7272%1 identifies VLAN 1 as the interface.
Perform these steps to ping another device on the network:
1.
Click
Tool
>
Ping
.
2.
Specify the target device and ping parameters.
3.
Click
Apply
.
Tools - Ping Options
Host Name/IP Address
Alias or IPv4/IPv6 address of the host
Probe Count
Number of packets to send (Range: 1-16)
Packet Size
Number of bytes in a packet. (Range: 32-512 bytes for IPv4, 0-1500 bytes for IPv6)
The actual packet size will be eight bytes larger than the size specified because the switch adds
header information.
FIG. 304
Pinging a Network Device