Airnet II Particle Sensor Operations Manual
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Appendix A
TCP/IP Protocol: A Brief Overview
NOTE:
This information is provided to help Airnet II particle sensor users who are not familiar
with TCP/IP protocol understand more about the sensor configuration process. It is not
a substitute for the guidance of your network administrator.
TCP/IP's Network Layer
TCP/IP's
Internet Protocol
or IP is designed to interconnect packet-switched
communication networks to form an internet.
In summary, the IP protocol's main functions are:
•
Provide the basic unit for data transfer
•
Addressing
•
Routing
•
Fragmentation of datagrams
Ping
TCP/IP systems can use a utility named
PING
(Packet InterNet Groper) to test station
and network integrity. The TCP/IP-32 add-on protocol for
Microsoft Windows for
Workgroups 3.11
includes a
PING
function that must be run from a
Windows
DOS
window.
To use the Windows TCP/IP PING:
1.
With Windows running, open a DOS window by double-clicking on the MS-DOS
Prompt icon.
2.
At the DOS prompt, type PING <IP ADDRESS> (using the address of the device for
which you wish to test your computer's LAN communications).
The
PING
utility will report whether or not the other device responded, and what the
response time was.
