Specifications
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PA-8T-V.35 Synchronous Serial Port Adapter Installation and Configuration
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Chapter 5 Configuring the PA-8T-V.35 Interfaces
Checking the Configuration
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1544 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255
Encapsulation HDLC, loopback not set, keepalive not set
Last input 2d18h, output 00:00:54, output hang never
Last clearing of “show interface” counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0 (size/max/drops); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: weighted fair
Output queue: 0/64/0 (size/threshold/drops)
Conversations 0/1 (active/max active)
Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated)
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
16 packets input, 1620 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 1 ignored, 0 abort
3995 packets output, 1147800 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
1 carrier transitions
RTS up, CTS up, DTR up, DCD up, DSR up
Using the ping Command to Verify Network Connectivity
Using the ping command, you can verify that an interface port is functioning properly. This section
provides brief descriptions of this command. Refer to the publications listed in the “Related
Documentation” section on page viii for detailed command descriptions and examples.
The ping command sends echo request packets out to a remote device at an IP address that you specify.
After sending an echo request, the command waits a specified time for the remote device to reply. Each
echo reply is displayed as an exclamation point (!) on the console terminal; each request that is not
returned before the specified timeout is displayed as a period (.). A series of exclamation points (!!!!!)
indicates a good connection; a series of periods (.....) or the messages [timed out] or [failed] indicate that
the connection failed.
Following is an example of a successful ping command to a remote server with the address 10.0.0.10:
Router# ping 10.0.0.10 <Return>
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echoes to 10.0.0.10, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/15/64 ms
Router#
If the connection fails, verify that you have the correct IP address for the destination and that the device
is active (powered on), and repeat the ping command.
Proceed to the next section, “Using loopback Commands,” to finish checking network connectivity.
Using loopback Commands
The loopback test allows you to detect and isolate equipment malfunctions by testing the connection
between the PA-8T-V.35 interface and a remote device such as a modem or a CSU or DSU. The loopback
subcommand places an interface in loopback mode, which enables test packets that are generated from
the ping command to loop through a remote device or interface cable. If the packets complete the loop,
the connection is good. If not, you can isolate a fault to the remote device or interface cable in the path
of the loopback test.