
Chapter6—UsingtheSoftware
MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways 117
LinkManagement
TheLinkManagementwindowisanautomatedutilityforpingingendpointsonyourVOIPnetwork.Thisutility
generatespingsofvariablesizesatvariableintervalsandrecordstheresponsetothepings.
LinkManagementwindow FieldDefinitions
FieldName Values Description
MonitorLinkfields
IPAddresstoPing n.n.n.n ThisistheIPaddressofthetargetendpointtobepinged.
PingsperTest 1‐999 ThisfielddetermineshowmanypingsaregeneratedbytheStartNowcommand.
ResponseTimeout 500–5000
milliseconds
Thedurationafterwhichapingisconsideredtohavefailed.
PingSizeinBytes 32–128bytes Thisfielddetermineshowlongorlargethepingis.
TimerIntervalbetween
Pings
0or30–6000
minutes
Thisfielddetermineshowlongofawaitthereisbetweenonepingandthenext.
StartNowcommand
button
‐‐ Initiatespinging.
Clearcommandbutton ‐‐ ErasespingparametersinMonitorLinkfieldgroupandrestoresdefaultvalues.
LinkStatusParameters Thesefieldssummarizetheresultsofpinging.
IPAddresscolumn n.n.n.n Targetofping.
No.ofPingsSent aslisted Numberofpingssenttotargetendpoint.
No.ofPingsReceived aslisted Numberofpingsreceivedbytargetendpoint.
RoundTripDelay
(Min/Max/Avg)
aslisted,
inmilliseconds
Displayshowlongittookfromtimepingwassenttotimepingresponsewas
received.
LastError aslisted Indicateswhenlastdataerroroccurred.