Netgear GS728TXS GS728TXS/GS752TXS Software Administration Manual - Page 293

GS752TXS and GS728TXS Smart Switches Ping IPv6 Use the Ping IPv6 screen 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 will send three pings and the results will be displayed below the configurable data.  To send a ping to an IPv6 address: 1. Select Maintenance  Troubleshooting  Ping IPv6. 2. In the Ping field, select either Global or Link Global to select either the global IPv6 Address/Host Name or Link Local Address to ping. 3. Configure the following settings: • In the IPv6 Address/Host Name field, enter the IPv6 address or Host name of the station you want the switch to ping. The initial value is blank. The IPv6 Address or Hostname you enter is not retained across a power cycle. • In the Datagram Size. Enter the datagram size. The valid range is 48-2048. • The Result field displays the result after the switch sends a Ping IPv6 request to the specified IPv6 address. 4. Click Apply to send the ping. The switch sends the number of pings specified in the Count field, and the results are displayed below the configurable data in the Result area: • If successful, the output will be "Send count=3, Receive count = n from (IPv6 Address).Average round trip time = n ms". • If a reply to the ping is not received, the following displays: "Reply From IP/Host: Destination Unreachable. Tx = x, Rx = 0 Min/Max/Avg RTT = 0/0/0 msec". 293