3com WX3000 Manuel D’Utilisation

 

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The term switch used throughout this chapter refers to a switching device in a generic sense or the 

switching engine of a WX3000. 

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The sample output information in this manual was created on the WX3024. The output information 

on your device may vary. 

 

HWPing (pronounced Hua’Wei Ping) is a network diagnostic tool. It is used to test the performance of 

various protocols running in networks. HWPing provides more functions than the ping command. 

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The ping command can only use the ICMP protocol to test the round trip time (RTT) between this 

end and a specified destination end for the user to judge whether the destination end is reachable. 

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Besides the above function of the ping command, HWPing can also provide other functions, such 

as testing the status (open/close) of a DHCP/FTP/HTTP/SNMP server and the response time of 

various services. 

You need to configure HWPing client and sometimes the corresponding HWPing servers as well to 

perform various HWPing tests. 

All HWPing tests are initiated by HWPing client and you can view the test results on HWPing client only. 

When performing a HWPing test, you need to configure a HWPing test group on the HWPing client. A 

HWPing test group is a set of HWPing test parameters. A test group contains several test parameters 

and is uniquely identified by an administrator name and a test tag. 

After creating a HWPing test group and configuring the test parameters, you can then perform a 

HWPing test by the test-enable command. 

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Being different from the ping command, HWPing does not display the RTT or timeout status of 

each packet on the Console terminal in real time. To view the statistic results of your HWPing test 

operation, you need to execute the display hwping command.  

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HWPing also allows you to set parameters for HWPing test groups, start HWPing tests and view 

statistical test results through a network management device.