Help for SNMP Rping

The SNMP Rping page enables you to remotely ping a machine from a browser.

Override the community name

Enter the read community name that you want to override. The default value is public.

Enter the host name or IP address to ping from

Enter (or select) the IP address or host name of the machine from which to issue the ping command. The default value is the address of your local machine.

Enter the host name or IP address to ping to

Enter (or select) the IP address or host name of the machine to which to issue the ping. The default value is the address of your local machine.

Enter the packet size

This is an optional entry field indicating the number of bytes for the packet size. Valid values are positive integers. The default value is 64.

Enter the number of requests

This is an optional entry field specifying the number of echo requests. Valid values for the number of requests, by platform, are as follows:

For all platforms, the default is 5.

Rping

Submits the command.

RESET

Resets all of the values in the fields on this page to the default settings.