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GS752TP, GS728TP, and GS728TPP Gigabit Smart Switches
Troubleshooting
The Troubleshooting menu contains links that provide access to the features described in the
following sections:
•Ping
•Ping IPv6
•Traceroute
•Remote Diagnostics

Ping

Use the Ping screen to instruct the switch to send a ping request to a specified IP address.
You can use this feature to check whether the switch can communicate with a particular
network host.
Subnet broadcast ping is not supported. The device cannot ping the special broadcast
address 255.255.255.255, the local network broadcast address, or a reachable network
broadcast address.
To configure the settings and ping a host on the network:
1. Select Maintenance Troubleshooting Ping.
The following screen displays:
2. In the IP Address/Host Name field, specify the IP address or the host name of the station
you want the switch to ping.