Use the ping test to verify network connectivity and response time between the SPP Appliance and the specified host.

  1. Navigate to Network Diagnostics:
    • web client: Navigate to Appliance > Network Diagnostics.
  2. Click Ping.
  3. Enter the remote host's IP or Hostname.
  4. Optionally, click More Settings then configure these additional settings:
    • Resolve IP addresses to hostnames
    • Size: Buffer size; range from 1 to 65500
    • Time to live: Enter a value from 1 to 255

    • Record route for count hops (IPv4 only): Enter a value from 1 to 9

    • Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply: Enter a value from 1 to 4000

    • Number of echo requests to send: Enter a value from 1 to 65527

    • Set "don't fragment" flag in packet (IPv4 only)

    • Type of service: Enter from 1 to 255
    • Time stamp for count hops (IPv4 only): Enter from 1 to 4
    • Use internal address as source
  5. Click Ping to run the test. The test results display in the Output window.