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Test Functions
NetBlazer
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Ping & Trace Route
Status: Indicates the status of the attempt as follows:
Status
Description
Successful
Valid ICMP echo reply received.
User Aborted
When a user has manually stopped the ping/trace route function
before the end of attempts.
Time Out
When an ICMP echo reply was not received within the defined
timeout.
Destination
Invalid
With reserved IP addresses:
For IPv4: 0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.0, and all addresses above 240.0.0.0 (Class E
and above).
For IPv6: 0::/8 (reserved/unspecified), 0::1/128 (Loopback), FF00::/8
(Multicast).
TTL Expired
(ping test)
When the number of TTL was insufficient to reach the destination
host.
Hop Reached
(trace route test)
When a Time Exceeded message is received from a host while
executing the trace route function.
Destination
Unreachable
For IPv4: When the IP address is unreachable (no default gateway for
an IP address, not in the same subnet, or an ICMP Unreachable
message is received).
For IPv6: When the IP address is unreachable (no default gateway for
an IP address, not in the same subnet, or address resolution failed or
an ICMP Destination Unreachable message is received).
Data Corrupted Parameter problem message is received or data corruption is found
for IPv4.
Discarded
Congestion has been detected and the request cannot be transmitted.
Packet Too Big Packet Too Big message is received in response to a packet that the
router cannot forward because the packet is larger than the MTU of
the outgoing link. It is only applicable for the IPv6 version.
Undefined
For any other errors in ping/trace route that do not fall into one of the
above description.