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Testing Your Network 281
The
Interval setting determines the interval between each ping.
Selecting
Adaptive Ping will cause the inter-packet interval to adapt
to the round-trip time.
Selecting
Display user-to-user latency will cause the full user-to-
user latency to be displayed. Normally ping displays the network
round-trip time, which can be different due to DNS failures.
Time to live specifies the timeout before considering a packet is lost.
The following illustration shows a typical ping result.
The DNS Lookup
Tool
The DNS Lookup tool enables you to discover the actual IP address
or hostname of the machine specified in the
Hostname field. You
can force the use of a specific name server by checking the
Use this
nameserver
box and entering its name or IP address.
The Trace Route
Tool
The Trace Route tool enables you to track a network packet sent
between two machines. By default the source machine is your thin
client and the target machine is specified in the
Target Host field. If