Ping Testing

Ping is a popular computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network. A ping is performed by sending an echo request or ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) to the echo response replies.

 

Ping Setup

Ping Setup

 

• Profile: Delete, Save, Save as..., or Default. Recall a Ping profile from memory or create/delete new test profile.
• Destination: Press the drop-down menu and enter the destination IP address or URL to ping.
• Number of Pings: Enter the number of ping attempts (up to 10000) that will be performed to reach the network device.

If Continuous Ping is selected, the number of pings is not required. The test set will continuously ping the target host until Stop is pressed.

• Length: Enter the length of the ICMP echo request packet transmitted.
• Ping/Sec: Enter the Ping repetition rate (Ping/second).
• Time Out: Time-to-Live (TTL) in milliseconds. Enter the maximum time allowed (in ms, up to 99999 ms) between an ICMP ping and echo response.

Once the parameters are configured, press Start to begin the test.

 

Ping Results

Pressing Ping displays the Result tab and starts the Ping test.

 

Ping Result

 

• Destination: Destination IP address.
• Ping status: In Progress, PASS, or FAIL.
• Sent, Received, Unreach, Missing: Number of pings sent, received, unreached or missing. A Ping is counted missing if no response is received before timeout. A Ping is counted unreached if an echo response is received with host unreachable set.
• PING also estimates the Round-Trip time in milliseconds.
  • Current: Current time for a Ping request to be answered.
  • Average: Average time recorded for a Ping request to be answered.
  • Max: Maximum time recorded for a Ping request to be answered.
  • Min: Minimum time recorded for a Ping request to be answered.