Network Technologies ASI-IP-GTW User Manual

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ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual 
 
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3.7.4 Ping Settings 
 
  
Figure 23. The Ping page of an IP receiver 
To resolve network problems, avoiding flooding, were the transmitter or 
specific network components on the way to the receiver time out on 
there MAC address lookup. This feature solves this by pushing through 
a ping message regularly. This feature makes it also possible for the 
receiver to know if there is an active sender, or if it is down at the 
moment. 
Enable Unicast Peer Ping: Check this box to enable Unicast Peer Ping. 
This enables regular pinging of the transmitting device. 
Interval:  Set the interval in seconds between each Ping.  
Active: Indicates if the channel is actively sending Ping requests.   
OK responses: Indicates how many valid Ping responses have bean 
received. 
Timeouts: Indicates how many of the sent Ping messages timed out, 
without receiving a valid response.