Utilities and Diagnostics
Status: The current status of the Ping test. This item can display the status messages shown in the able below:
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Resolving host name | Finding the IP address for the domain |
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Can’t resolve host name | IP address can’t be found for the domain |
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Pinging | Ping test is in progress |
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Complete | Ping test was completed |
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Cancelled by user | Ping test was cancelled manually |
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Destination unreachable from | Ping test was able to reach the gateway with IP address w.x.y.z, |
w.x.y.z | which reported that the test could not reach the final |
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Couldn’t allocate packet buffer | Couldn’t proceed with Ping test; try again or reset system |
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Couldn’t open ICMP port | Couldn’t proceed with Ping test; try again or reset system |
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Packets Out: The number of packets sent by the Ping test.
Packets In: The number of return packets received from the target host. To be considered on time, return packets are expected back before the next packet in the sequence of Ping packets is sent. A count of the number of late packets appears in parentheses to the right of the Packets In count.
In the example that follows, a Router is sending Ping packets to another host, which responds with return Ping packets. Note that the second return Ping packet is considered to be late because it is not received by the Router before the third Ping packet is sent. The first and third return Ping packets are on time.
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send Ping packet 1
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send return Ping packet 1
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receive return Ping packet 1
send Ping packet 2
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