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Utilities and Tests 10-5
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 below, a Netopia Router 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 Router 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 name
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