Ping

Ping

Last updated: May 30, 2011

This section is only applicable to the lab application.

Ping Description

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 Do I Ping a Device From the Test Set? ). An IP datagram (technically an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request message) is sent 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.

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.

How to Read the Ping Results

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 ms to complete a ping.

Ping Data Display

Operating Considerations

Related Topics


Manual Operation: How Do I Ping a Device From the Test Set?

CALL:DATA:PING

Data Channel