Programming instructions

Getting Started
Using LAN
Chapter 116
3. Verifying LAN Functionality
Verify the communications link between the computer and the signal generator remote file
server using the ping utility. Compare your ping response to those described in Table 1-12.
From a UNIX
®
workstation, type:
ping hostname 64 10
where hostname is your instruments name and 64 is the packet size, and 10 is the number of
packets transmitted. Type man ping at the UNIX prompt for details on the ping command.
From the MS-DOS
®
Command Prompt or Windows environment, type:
ping -n 10 hostname
where hostname is your instruments name and 10 is the number of echo requests. Type ping
at the command prompt for details on the ping command.
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