Polling-Table

In this table, specify the settings for the ICMPv6 polling. As with LCP monitoring or ICMP polling for IPv4, ICMPv6 polling regularly sends requests to a remote peer. Ping commands are transmitted and the answers to them are monitored. Unlike LCP monitoring, the target site for ICMPv6 pings can be freely defined. Pinging a router in a remote network thus provides monitoring for the entire connection and not just the section to the Internet provider.

A ping interval is defined for the remote site in this table. Further, for the event that replies are missed, the number of retries before the transmission of a new LCP request is defined. Should the transmitter not receive any reply to the retries, the target for the ping requests is classified as unavailable.

Up to four different IPv6 addresses can be entered for each remote site that will be checked in the remote network in parallel. Only if all of the IPv6 addresses are unavailable is the connection considered to have failed.