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Utilities and Diagnostics 13-3
Status: The current status of the Ping test. This item can display the status messages shown in the able below:
Packets Out: The number of packets sent by the Ping test.
Packets In: The number of return packets received from the target host. To be considered on time, return
packets are expected back before the next packet in the sequence of Ping packets is sent. A count of the
number of late packets appears in parentheses to the right of the Packets In count.
In the example that follows, a Netopia 4541/4542 is sending Ping packets to another host, which responds
with return Ping packets. Note that the second return Ping packet is considered to be late because it is not
received by the Netopia 4541/4542 before the third Ping packet is sent. The first and third return Ping packets
are on time.
Message Description
Resolving host name Finding the IP address for the domain name-style address
Can’t resolve host name IP address can’t be found for the domain name–style address
Pinging Ping test is in progress
Complete Ping test was completed
Cancelled by user Ping test was cancelled manually
Destination unreachable from
w.x.y.z
Ping test was able to reach the router with IP address w.x.y.z,
which reported that the test could not reach the final
destination
Couldn’t allocate packet buffer Couldn’t proceed with Ping test; try again or reset system
Couldn’t open ICMP port Couldn’t proceed with Ping test; try again or reset system