Fortinet 548B, Administration Manual

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11.2.10.10 Defining Ping Function Page
Use this screen to tell the switch to send a Ping request to a specified IP address. You can use this to
check whether the switch can communicate with a particular IP station. Once you click the Submit
button, the switch will send three pings and the results will be displayed below the configurable data. If a
reply to the ping is not received, you will see
No Reply Received from IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx , otherwise
you will see Reply received from IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx : (send count = 5, receive count = n).
Selection Criteria
Address Type - Select the address type for IPv4 Address or Host Name.
Configurable Data
IP Address - Enter the IP address of the station you want the switch to ping. The initial value is
blank. The IP Address you enter is not retained across a power cycle.
Host Name - Enter the host name of the station you want the switch to ping.
Non-Configurable Data
Ping – The reply result received from switch.
Command Buttons
Submit - This will initiate the Ping.
11.2.10.11 Defining Ping IPv6 Function Page
This screen is used to send a Ping request to a specified IPv6 address. You can use this to check
whether the switch can communicate with a particular IPv6 station. Once you click the Submit button, the
switch will send three pings and the results will be displayed below the configurable data. The output will
be
Send count=3, Receive count=n from (IPv6 Address). Average round trip time = n ms.