- Host name or IP address
The remote station which is to be queried by Ping is entered here. The
following information can be entered for all of the different network
devices (servers, clients, routers, printers, etc.) which can be reached
via LAN, WAN or WLAN.
Note: If a device is selected when the Ping dialog is opened with Device
/ Ping... or via the context menu in LANmonitor,
then the IP address of this device is assumed to be the remote site.
- Ping interval
The time interval between two consecutive pings in [ms].
Note: The interval between two pings cannot be less than the packet transmission
time, i.e. before sending a ping, the previous ping must have been answered
or the ping timeout must have expired.
- Ping timeout
The time waited for the response to a ping to arrive [ms]. If this time
expires and no response was received then the ping is assumed to be lost.
- Data
The size of a ping packet [bytes]. A "ping" is an ICMP packet which
is generally transmitted without any content, i.e. it is just a header.
To increase the load of the packets used for testing a connection, a
payload can be created artificially. The overall packet size then consists
of an IP header (20 bytes), an ICMP header (8 bytes) and the payload.
Note: The packets will be fragmented if the payload of the ICMP packets
exceeds the maximum IP packet size.
- Execution
Repeat mode for the ping command.