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Start ping
Press this button to send 5 ping packets to the specified address. If no reply is returned,
some common reasons are:
•
The remote system is switched off or does not exist
•
The remote firewall discards ping packets
•
The network connection to the specified address is not available
•
The external IP address of SX-GATE is a RFC1918 address (192.168.*,
172.16.* - 172.32.*, 10.*) and these internal addresses are blocked in the
firewall settings of the corresponding SX-GATE interface.
10.2.3-B
IPv6 Ping
To test network connections the "ping" command is very helpful. It sends a small IP
packet (ICMP echo-request) to a specific address. If a packet of type "ICMP echo-reply"
is returned, the IP connections to this address is obviously ok.
Send ping to
Here you can specify where to send the "ping". You can specify either an IP address or
a DNS name. If you enter a DNS name, the name server of SX-GATE must be running
and name resolution must be working.
Interface / source IP
To ping a link local address you have to select an interface. When trying to ping through
a VPN tunnel, it can be necessary to use a specific source IP.
Packet size
Here you can select the packet size (plus 8 byte ICMP header). In particular via VPN
it can happen, that large packets (e.g. of size 1500 byte) fail to be transmitted. In this
case the packets are sent via a system which discards fragmented IP packets.
Start ping
Press this button to send 5 ping packets to the specified address. If no reply is returned,
some common reasons are:
•
The remote system is switched off or does not exist
•
The remote firewall discards ping packets
•
The network connection to the specified address is not available