4-21
Operating the SPS 3000
Ping Property Page
Use the Ping property page to view the signal strength, data rate tr ansmission, test
statistics and to perform data transmission tests. Transmission quality tests se nd an ICMP
ping packet across the network to a selected address to test data transmissions between
computers.
Figure 4-12. Ping Property Page
Use the IP field to enter an IP address as a dotted string (example, 1 22.78.3.141).
Select the size of packets sent from the Size pull-down menu.
Tap Start Test to begin the test. Each ping displays the round trip time it took the ICMP ping
to complete. The minimum, maximum and average values are d isplayed as results. A real-
time graph indicates the signal strength and each transmiss ion data rate as a percentage
of the overall data traffic.