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M4100 Series Managed Switch
8. Use Ping to select either global IPv6 address, host name, or link local address to ping.
9. Use IPv6 Address/Hostname to enter the IPv6 address or host name of the station you
want the switch to ping.
T
he initial value is blank. The IPv6 address or host name you enter is not retained across a
power cycle.
10. Use Datagram Size to enter the datagram size.
The valid range is 48 to 2048.
Results display after the switch sends a ping IPv6 request to the specified IPv6 address.
Run Traceroute IPv4
Use this screen to tell the switch to send a traceroute request to a specified IP address or
host name. You can use this to discover the paths packets take to a remote destination.
When you click the APPLY button, the switch sends a traceroute and the results are
displayed on the screen.
If a reply to the traceroute is received, the following messages display:
1 x.y.z.w 9869 usec 9775 usec 10584 usec
2 0.0.0.0 0 usec * 0 usec * 0 usec *
3 0.0.0.0 0 usec * 0 usec * 0 usec *
Hop Count = w Last TTL = z Test attempt = x Test Success = y.
 To configure the traceroute settings and send probe packets to discover the route to a
host on the network:
1. Prepare your computer with a static IP address in the 169.254.100.0 subnet, for
example, 169.254.100.201.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable from an Ethernet port on your computer to an Ethernet port on
the switch.
3. Launch a web browser
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4. Enter the IP address of the switch in the web browser address field.
The default IP address of the switch is 169.254.100.100.