beautypg.com

Pinging a remote system – Allied Telesis AT-S60 User Manual

Page 65

background image

Chapter 3:Basic Switch Parameters

Section II: Local and Telnet Management

64

Pinging a Remote System

You can instruct the switch to ping a remote device on your network.
This procedure is useful in determining whether a valid link exists
between the switch and another device.

To ping a network device, perform the following procedure:

1. From the Main Menu, type 4 to select Administration Menu.

The Administration Menu is shown in Figure 4 on page 44.

2. From the Administration Menu, type P to select Ping a Remote

System.

The following prompt is displayed:

Please enter an IP address ->

3. Enter the IP address of the end node you want the switch to ping in

the following format: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

The results of the ping command are displayed on the screen. To
stop the ping, press any key.