3.6.4 Ping Settings
Figure 19. The Ping page of an IP transmitter
To resolve network problems, avoiding flooding, were the receiver or specific network components on the way to the receiver time out on there MAC address lookup. This feature solves this by pushing through a ping message regularly. This feature makes it also possible for the sender to know if there is an active recipient, or if it is down at the moment.
Enable Unicast Peer Ping: Check this box to enable regular pinging of the peer, e.g. the receiver of the stream. This will only have effect in unicast mode.
Interval: Set the interval in seconds between each Ping.
Active: Indicates if the channel is actively sending Ping.
OK responses: Indicates how many valid Ping responses have bean received.
Timeouts: Indicates how many of the sent Ping messages timed out, without receiving a valid response.
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