Chapter 4 IP Testing
Running Traceroute
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6 If you need to specify other settings for the test, use the
left and right arrow keys to go to the appropriate menu;
otherwise, press the Home button to return to the Main
screen.
7 To insert a ping packet or packets, press the Action soft
key, and then select Start PING.
The HST-3000 transmits the ping packet or packets. Results
associated with Ping testing appear in the Ping results cate-
gory (see “Ping results” on page 307).
Running Traceroute
You can run the traceroute test to determine where problems
in the network are occurring. Before running traceroute, you
specify settings such as the destination IP address, the
maximum number of hops, and the response time.
To run traceroute
1 If you haven’t already done so, launch the Terminate
application for the circuit you are testing (see “Launching
an application” on page 28), and then select the Layer 3
Traceroute test (see “Selecting a layer 3 IP test” on
page 120
).
2 Initialize the Ethernet link (see “Initializing the link for
Ethernet testing” on page 47.
Yes Yes Packet Size Specify one of the following:
– IPv4 ping packets. Specify
a length ranging from 46 to
1500 bytes.
– IPv6 ping packets. Specify
a length ranging from 48 to
1500 bytes.
IPv4 IPv6 Setting Parameters