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User’s Manual of GS-4210 Series
4.13 Diagnostics
This section provide the Physical layer and IP layer network diagnostics tools for troubleshoot. The diagnostic tools are designed for network manager to help them quickly diagnose problems between point to point and better service customers.
Use the Diagnostics menu items to display and configure basic administrative details of the Managed Switch. Under System the following topics are provided to configure and view the system information:
This section has the following items:
Cable Diagnostics
Ping Test
IPv6 Ping Test
Trace Route
4.13.1 Cable Diagnostics
The Cable Diagnostics performs tests on copper cables. These functions have the ability to identify the cable length and operating conditions, and to isolate a variety of common faults that can occur on the Cat5 twisted-pair cabling. There might be two statuses as follow:
If the link is established on the twisted-pair interface in 1000Base-T mode, the Cable Diagnostics can run without disruption of the link or of any data transfer.
If the link is established in 100Base-TX or 10Base-T, the Cable Diagnostics cause the link to drop while the diagnostics are running.
After the diagnostics are finished, the link is reestablished. And the following functions are available.
Coupling between cable pairs.
Cable pair termination
Cable
Cable Diagnostics is only accurate for cables of length from 15 to 100 meters.
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The Copper test and test result screens in Figure 4-13-1 & Figure 4-13-2 appear.
User’s Manual of GS-4210 Series
The page includes the following fields:
Figure 4-13-1 Copper Test Page Screenshot
Buttons
Object
Port
Description
Select port for this drop down list
: Click to run the diagnostics
The page includes the following fields:
Figure 4-13-2 Test Results Page Screenshot
Object
Port
Channel A~D
Cable Length A~D
Result
Description
The port where you are requesting Cable Diagnostics
Display the current channel status
Display the current cable length
Display the test result
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