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•PingInterval
Thepinginterval(1/pingrepetitionfrequency(PRF))isthepingratemeasured
intimebetweeneachtransmission.
Thephrasepingrateisusedtodescribetheparameterthatcontrolshowoften
theES80canorshalltransmitacousticenergy(a"ping")intothewater.The
pingrateisnormallylimitedbythemaximumrangesettings.Itwillalsobe
dependantonhardwareissues.Thismaybe,forexample,howfastyour
ProcessorUnitcanhandletheinformationfromeachping,howfastyour
systemcommunicateswithexternalperipherals,orhowlongtimethesystem
usestosavedata.
•Sequentialpinging
ThisfunctionisnotsupportedbytheES80.
Network
SomeES80endusersconnecttheProcessorUnittotheirlocalareanetwork
(LAN).Thisgroupoffersgenericinformationaboutthisnetwork.IftheProcessor
Unitisnotconnectedtoalocalnetwork,theseboxesareempty.
•Name
Thistextboxreectsthenameofthelocalareanetwork(LAN).
•LocalIPAddress
ThisistheInternetProtocol(IP)addressoftheEthernetinterfaceadapter
locatedinyourProcessorUnit.Inmostcases,eachEthernetadapterhasa
uniqueIPaddress,evenwhenitsupportsmultiplesockets.
•MTU(MaximumTransmissionUnit)
Thisnumberreectsthemaximumsizeofthedatapacketsthatcanbe
transferredontheEthernetlinetoandfromthelocalareanetwork(LAN).
Incomputernetworking,themaximumtransmissionunit(MTU)ofa
communicationsprotocolofalayeristhesize(inbytesoroctets)ofthe
largestprotocoldataunitthatthelayercanpassonwards.MTUparameters
usuallyappearinassociationwithacommunicationsinterface(NIC,
serialport,etc.).Standards(Ethernet,forexample)canxthesizeofan
MTU;orsystems(suchaspoint-to-pointseriallinks)maydecideMTU
atconnecttime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_transmission_unit(April2016)
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