EXFO FTB-860, User Manual

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Ping Test Setup and Results
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Summary Results
Status Description
Successful
Valid ICMP echo reply received.
Aborted
When a user has manually stopped the Ping function
before the end of attempts.
Time Out
When an ICMP echo reply was not received within the
defined timeout.
Dest. Invalid
With reserved IP addresses:
For IPv4: 0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.0, and all addresses above
240.0.0.0 (Class E and above).
For IPv6: 0::/8 (reserved/unspecified), 0::1/128
(Loopback), FF00::/8 (Multicast).
TTL Expired
When the number of TTL was insufficient to reach the
destination host.
Unreachable
For IPv4: When the IP address is unreachable (no
default gateway for an IP address, not in the same
subnet, or an ICMP Unreachable message is received).
For IPv6: When the IP address is unreachable (no
default gateway for an IP address, not in the same
subnet, or address resolution failed or an ICMP
Destination Unreachable message is received).
Data
Corrupted
Parameter problem message is received or data
corruption is found for
IPv4
.
Discarded
Congestion has been detected and the request cannot
be transmitted. It is applicable for the
IPv4
and
IPV6
version.
Packet Too
Big
Packet Too Big message is received in response to a
packet that the router cannot forward because the
packet is larger than the MTU of the outgoing link. It is
only applicable for the
IPv6 version
.
Undefined
For any other errors in Ping that do not fall into one of
the above description.