This section is only applicable to the lab applications.
Ping is a tool to help check system interconnects. The test set has a Ping feature that allows you to ping either the DUT IP Address or an alternate address specified by you (see How to "ping" an IP address from the test set ). It sends an IP datagram (technically an ICMP message: Internet Control Message Protocol) from the test set to the ping target, and expects a response from the target. You can define the size of the IP datagram and the Internet Protocol to use (whether IPv4 or IPv6) when using this feature. The default packet size is 64 bytes for both IPv4 and IPv6. If a response is received it is recorded on the test set's display.
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Ping is the simplest implementation of the Data Channel feature. If you are trying to debug a system that is not responding to a full network setup (for example a WAP setup), try pinging the DUT from a computer attached to the network. Experiment with very large packets, very long timeouts and continuous pings.
The following procedure details how to ping a DUT
2 of 3
of the
Control
menu is displayed.
Ping
(
F3
).
Ping Setup
(
F1
) and the Ping Setup menu appears in the center of the screen.
Device to Ping
and set it to
Alternate
.
Alternate Ping Address
and use the number key pad to imput the IP Address of the device to ping.The following procedure details how to ping a Alternate Device
2 of 3
of the
Control
menu is displayed.
Ping
(
F3
).
Ping Setup
(
F1
) and the Ping Setup menu appears in the center of the screen.
Device to Ping
and set it to
Alternate
.
Alternate Ping Address
and use the number key pad to imput the IP Address of the device to ping.If the connection is good, then the device returns a packet to the test set and the packet transfer information is displayed on the test set's screen (see Ping Data Display ). The figure below shows the kind of information that is displayed on the Ping screen. In this example, the Ping Count has been set to ping 10 times. Note that on average it took 1248 msec to complete a ping.
Connected + Data
(for GSM CSD).
Ping Protocol
is set to
IPv6
,then ping to a DUT (the
Device to Ping
is set to
DUT
) will cause an error indicating that the requested operation is not supported.
Ping Protocol
is set to
IPv6
, the parameter of
Ping Timeout
is grayed out with a fixed value of 5 seconds.Manual Operation: How to "ping" an IP address from the test set
GPIB Commands: CALL:DATA