
Managing Routers and BNX Platforms
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2. In the Address field, enter the IPX address of the remote device, in
hexadecimal or decimal notation.
An IPX address consists of a 4-byte network address and a 6-byte host
address, separated by a period (for example, 0x0000AB12.0x000000CD1234
[leading zero padding is not required]). 0x indicates that the address is in
hexadecimal notation.
An IPX address in decimal notation consists of a 4-byte network address and
a 6-byte host address, where each byte is a number between 0 and 255,
inclusive, and each byte is separated from the next byte by a period (for
example, 0.1.23.47.0.0.0.1.2.55).
3. In the Timeout field, enter the number of seconds after which each ping
times out. The default Timeout is 1 second.
If the router receives a response to a ping after it times out, it does not send an
“alive” message to Site Manager.
4. In the Retries field, enter the number of successive times the router
should repeat the ping. The default for Retries is 0.
The router does not wait for the timeout before sending the next ping.
5. Click on Ping.
IPX Ping Responses
Site Manager displays one of the following messages when you issue an IPX ping.
(If you enter a value other than 0 for Retries, Site Manager displays one of the
following messages for the default ping, plus one for each additional ping.)
• A target address “is unreachable” message appears if the router cannot find
the specified network address in its table of IPX networks. A sample message
follows:
• IPX ping: 0xAB12.CD1234 is unreachable
• An “alive” message appears if the router receives an IPX reply packet from
the target device within the timeout allowed. A sample message follows:
• IPX ping: 0xAB12.CD1234 is alive
Note: If you issue an IPX ping to an entity on a Token Ring network, you must
enter the host portion of the IPX address in byte-swapped (noncanonical)
form.
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