Testing TCP/IP Communications with the Ping Request

Introduction

This topic discusses indicates the procedure for testing TCP/IP communication with a Ping request.

Procedure

To send the Ping request to test the correct routing of information between two devices:

Step	Action
1	From the main screen, click the Ping button.
2	Enter the address of the station to be queried using the Remote IP address field.
3	Press the Ping button. The response appears in the Time field. The returned time corresponds to the time it takes the message to be sent and return in ms.

Response Type

The following table groups together the various types of possible responses to the Ping request.

If the response is	then
positive	The windows records the time it takes the message to be sent and return in ms. A window appears with the message Exchange successful.
negative	A window with the message Exchange incorrect specifies that the remote device was not reached in the network architecture.