Utilities and Diagnostics 9-93
Status: The current status of the Ping test. This item can display the status messages shown in the table
below:
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 Netopia D-Series 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 Netopia D-Series before the third Ping packet is sent. The first and third return Ping packets are on time.
Message Description
Resolving host name Finding the IP address for the domain name-style address
Can’t resolve host name IP address can’t be found for the domain name–style name
Pinging Ping test is in progress
Complete Ping test was completed
Cancelled by user Ping test was cancelled manually
Destination unreachable from
w.x.y.z Ping test was able to reach the router with IP address w.x.y.z, which
reported that the test could not reach the final destination
Couldn’t allocate packet buffer Couldn’t proceed with Ping test; try again or reset system
Couldn’t open ICMP port Couldn’t proceed with Ping test; try again or r eset system
Netopia
Netopia
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host
Netopia
Netopia
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Netopia
Netopia
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host
host
send Ping packet 1
send return Ping packet 1
send Ping packet 2
send Ping packet 3
send return Ping packet 2
send return Ping packet 3
receive return Ping packet 1
receive Ping packet 1
receive Ping packet 3
receive Ping packet 2
receive return Ping packet 2
receive return Ping packet 3
time