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Chapter 3 Defining Preferences and Using Configuration, Diagnostic, and File Management Tools
Diagnostic Tools
To use the Ping tool, perform the following steps:
Step 1 In the main ASDM application window, choose Tools > Pi ng.
The Ping dialog box appears.
Step 2 Enter the destination IP address for the ICMP echo request packets in the IP Address field.
Note If a hostname has been assigned in the Configuration > Firewall > Objects > IP Names pane, you
can use the hostname in place of the IP address.
Step 3 (Optional) Choose the security appliance interface that transmits the echo request packets from the
drop-down list. If it is not specified, the security appliance checks the routing table to find the destination
address and uses the required interface.
Step 4 Click Ping to send an ICMP echo request packet from the specified or default interface to the specified
IP address and start the response timer.
The response appears in the Ping Output area. Three attempts are made to ping the IP address, and results
display the following fields:
The IP address of the device pinged or a device name, if available. The name of the device, if
assigned Hosts/Networks, may be displayed, even if NO response is the result.
When the ping is transmitted, a millisecond timer starts with a specified maximum, or timeout value.
This timer is useful for testing the relative response times of different routes or activity levels.
Example Ping output:
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to out-pc, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/1 ms
If the ping fails, the output is as follows:
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.132.80.101, timeout is 2 seconds:
?????
Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)
Step 5 To enter a new IP address, click Clear Screen to remove the previous response from the Ping output area.
Modes
The following table shows the modes in which this feature is available:
Using the Ping Tool
Administrators can use the ASDM Ping interactive diagnostic tool in these ways:
Firewall Mode Security Context
Routed Transparent Single
Multiple
Context System
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