This activity allows you to Ping to a selection of devices.
CatTools will Ping each selected Device in turn, and will log any failures to the Report file: C:\Program Files\CatTools2\Reports\Connectivity.Ping test.txt
The Time, Devices, and Email tabs operate for this activity in exactly the same way as for all other Activities.
Under the Options tab are three options:
1. "Response timeout (seconds)" is the time in seconds that the activity waits until it assumes that the Ping request has failed. The default is 2 seconds.
2. "Ping packet send count" is the number of Ping requests the activity sends to each Device each time the Activity runs. The default is 5 packets.
3. "Only record Ping failures" keeps a record only of failures of the activity. This keeps the Report file to a minimum size, conserving hard-drive space.
The Ping test is a simple ICMP Echo request, sent from the machine running CatTools to the selected device(s).
It tests the operation of your network between CatTools and the selected device, but only at the IP level. It may or may not be a useful test of your network, or your users' ability to use the network, depending on your specific network design.
The report file provides you with an historical record of the status of the tested devices, which may be useful for later forensic purposes.