TL-SL5428E
 
24-port 10/100Mbps + 4-port Gigabit L2 Managed Switch CLI Guide
 
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Example 
Upgrade the switch system via the TFTP server with the IP 192.168.0.148: 
TP-LINK# firmware upgrade filename firmware.bin ip-address 192.168.0.148 
ping 
Description 
The ping command is used to test the connectivity between the switch and one 
node of the network. 
Syntax 
ping {ip_addr} [-n {count}] [-l {count}] [-i {count}] 
Parameter 
ip_addr  ——  The IP address of the destination node for ping test. 
count (-n) —— The amount of times to send test data during Ping testing. It 
ranges from 1 to 10. By default, this value is 4. 
count (-l)  ——  The size of the sending data during ping testing. It ranges from 1 
to 1024 bytes. By default, this value is 64. 
count (-i)  ——    The interval to send ICMP request packets. It ranges from 100 
to 1000 milliseconds. By default, this value is 1000.   
Command Mode 
User EXEC Mode and Privileged EXEC Mode   
Example 
To test the connectivity between the switch and the network device with the IP 
192.168.0.131, please specify the count (-l) as 512 bytes and count (-i) as 1000 
milliseconds. If there is not any response after 8 times’ Ping test, the connection 
between the switch and the network device is failed to establish: 
TP-LINK# ping 192.168.0.131 –n 8 –l 512 
tracert 
Description 
The tracert command is used to test the connectivity of the gateways during its 
journey from the source to destination of the test data. 
Syntax