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STEP 2
Be sure to activate your settings before exiting.
• When using the Web Browser interface, activate by clicking on the Activate button.
• When using the Console utility, activate by first highlighting the Activate menu option, and
then press Enter. You should receive the Mirror port settings are now active! (Press any
key to continue) message.
Ping
The Ping function uses the ping command to give users a simple but powerful tool for
troubleshooting network problems. The function’s most unique feature is that even though the
ping command is entered from the user’s PC keyboard, the actual ping command originates from
MOXA EtherDevice Switch itself. In this way, the user can essentially “sit on top of MOXA
EtherDevice Switch” and send ping commands out through its ports.
To use the Ping function, type in the desired IP address, and then press Enter from the Console
utility, or click on Ping when using the Web Browser interface.
Using Monitor
You can monitor statistics in real time from MOXA EtherDevice Switch’s web console and serial
console.
Monitor by Switch
Access the Monitor by selecting “system” from the left selection bar. Monitor by System allows
the user to view a graph that shows the combined data transmission activity of all of MOXA
EtherDevice Switch’s 8 ports. Click on one of the four options—All Packets, TX Packets, RX
Packets, or Error Packets—to view transmission activity of specific types of packets. Recall that
TX Packets are packets sent out from MOXA EtherDevice Switch, RX Packets are packets
received from connected devices, and Error Packets are packets that did not pass TCP/IP’s error
checking algorithm. The All Packets option displays a graph that combines TX, RX, and Error
Packet activity. The four graphs (All Packets, TX Packets, RX Packets, and Error Packets) have
the same form, so we show here only the All Packets graph. The graph displays data transmission
activity by showing Packets/s (i.e., packets per second, or pps) versus sec. (seconds). In fact, three
curves are displayed on the same graph: Uni-cast packets (in red color), Multi-cast packets (in
green color), and Broad-cast packets (in blue color). The graph is updated every few seconds,
allowing the user to analyze data transmission activity in real-time.