88 MX6 Utilities
MX6 Reference Guide E-EQ-MX6RG-E-ARC
Field Description
TOS
Enter the Type of Service (TOS); it should be eight bits broken into five
subfields.
Rec route for
count hops
Enter the number of hops to record in the IP header; 1–9. This field traces
the route of the packets for each hop.The hop count is the number of
network devices between the starting node and the destination node that an
IP packet hits while traveling over a network. The number of hops is
recorded in the IP header.
Timestamp route
Enter the number of timestamps to record for each hop; 1–4 The timestamp
is the packet’s arrival time at each hop.
Don’t fragment Check this box if you don’t want the packet to fragment during routing.
DNS address
required
Check this if you want the domain name server to be part of the route path.
Execute Click Execute to send the ping. The Output tab displays the response.
Reading the Ping Output Tab
Display
After you enter the IP information on the Input tab and click Execute, the Output tab appears and
begins displaying the ping results.
You can click the Stop button at any time to stop the ping. Any errors encountered display on the
screen. When the Ping process is complete or if you stop the ping at any point, ***Ping Stopped
*** displays.
The About tab displays description and version information about Ping.
