Netopia R2020 manual Utilities and Diagnostics

Utilities and Diagnostics 15-3

While the Ping test is running, and when it is over, a status field and a number of statistical items are active on the screen. These are described below.

Status: The current status of the Ping test. This item can display the following messages:

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	Ping test was able to reach the router with IP address
w.x.y.z	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 reset system

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 below, a Netopia R2020 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 R2020 before the third Ping packet is sent. The first and third return Ping packets are on time.