User's Manual

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Smart Managed Pro Switches MS510TX and MS510TXPP
Maintain the Switch and Perform
Troubleshooting
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Ping an IPv6 Address
This page is used to send a ping request to a specified host name or IPv6 address. You can
use this to check whether the switch can communicate with a particular IPv6 station. When
you click the Apply button, the switch sends a specified number of ping requests and the
results are displayed below the configurable data.
To send an IPv6 ping:
1. Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.
You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is off-network using an Ethernet cable.
2. Launch a web browser.
3. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
If you do not know the IP address of the switch, see Access the Switch on page 14.
The login window opens.
4. Enter the switch’s password in the Password field.
The default password is password.
The System Information page displays.
5. Select Maintenance > Troubleshooting > Ping IPv6.
The Ping IPv6 page displays.
6. From the Ping menu, select the type of ping:
Global. Pings a global IPv6 address.
Link Local. Pings a link-local IPv6 address over a specified interface. With this
selection, the Interface menu displays, and you must select the interface.
7. In the IPv6 Address/Hostname field, enter the IPv6 address or host name of the station
that must be pinged.
The format is xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx. The maximum number of
characters is 160.
8. In the Datagram Size field, enter the datagram size.
The valid range is 48 to 2048. The default value is 64 bytes.
9. Click the Apply button.
The specified address is pinged. The results are displayed below the configurable data in
the Results field.
If a reply to the ping is received, a message similar to the following one is displayed:
Send count=3, Receive count = n from (IPv6 Address). Average round-trip time = n ms.
If a reply to the ping is not received, a message similar to the following one is displayed:
Send count = 3, Receive count = 0 from IP/HOST Average round trip time = 680 ms.