D-Link xStack DGS-3600 Series User Manual - Ipv6 Ping Test
xStack DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch
IPv6 Ping Test
The following window is used to Ping an IPv6 address. To locate this window, open the
Administration
folder and click
Ping
Test > IPv6 Ping Test
.
Figure 6- 28. IPv6 Ping Test window
This window allows the following parameters to be configured to ping an IPv6 address.
Parameter Description
IPv6 Address
Enter an IPv6 address to be pinged.
Interface
The Interface field is used for addresses on the link-local network. It is recommended that the
user enter the specific interface for a link-local IPv6 address. For Global IPv6 addresses, this
field may be omitted.
Repeat Times (0-
255)
Enter the number of times desired to attempt to ping the IPv6 address configured in this window.
Users may enter a number of times between
0
and
255
.
Size (1-6000)
Use this field to set the datagram size of the packet, or in essence, the number of bytes in each
ping packet. Users may set a size between
1
and
6000
bytes with a default setting of
100
bytes.
Timeout (1-10)
Select a timeout period between
1
and
10
seconds for this Ping message to reach its destination.
If the packet fails to find the IPv6 address in this specified time, the Ping packet will be dropped.
Click
Start
to initialize the Ping program.
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