Table C-1HP Jetdirect EIO Menu on Graphical Control Panel (continued)

Menu item

Sub-menu item

Sub-menu item

Values and Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Execute

No (default): Do not run the selected tests.

 

 

 

Yes: Run the selected tests.

 

 

 

 

 

Ping Test

 

Test network communications. Sends link-level packets

 

 

 

to a remote network host, then waits for an

 

 

 

appropriate response.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dest Type

Target device is an IPv4 or IPv6 node.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dest IPv4

The IPv4 address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dest IPv6

The IPv6 address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Packet Size

Size of each packet, in bytes, sent to the remote host.

 

 

 

The minimum is 64 (default) and the maximum is

 

 

 

2048.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timeout

Length of time, in seconds, to wait for a response from

 

 

 

the remote host. The default is 1 and the maximum is

 

 

 

100.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Count

Number of ping test packets to send. Select a value

 

 

 

from 1 to 100. Enter zero (0) to run the test

 

 

 

continuously.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print Results

Print the test results (if not running continuously).

 

 

 

Yes: Print the results.

 

 

 

No (default): Do not print the results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Execute

Run the ping test.

 

 

 

No (default): Do not run the test.

 

 

 

Yes: Run the test

 

 

 

 

 

Ping Results

 

View the ping test status and results, using the control

 

 

 

panel display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Packets Sent

Number of packets (0 - 65535) sent to the remote host

 

 

 

since the most recent test was initiated or completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Packets Received

Number of packets (0 - 65535) received from the

 

 

 

remote host since the most recent test was initiated or

 

 

 

completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

Percent of sent ping test packets without a response

 

 

 

from the remote host since the most recent test was

 

 

 

initiated or completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RTT Min

Minimum detected round trip time (RTT), from 0 to

 

 

 

4096 milliseconds, for packet transmission and

 

 

 

response.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RTT Max

Shows the maximum detected round trip time (RTT),

 

 

 

from 0 to 4096 milliseconds, for packet transmission

 

 

 

and response.

 

 

 

 

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HP ew2500 802.11b/g Print Server Execute, Ping Test, Dest Type, Dest IPv4, Dest IPv6, Packet Size, Timeout, Count, RTT Min

ew2500 802.11b/g Print Server specifications

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