Diagnostic tool with ethernet capability
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorDavid Hille
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Abstract
Ethernet capability of a device under test is tested. A diagnostic tool is connected to the device under test. Menus displayed by the diagnostic tool are used to select an Ethernet test. The diagnostic tool discovers network settings of the device under test. Then the diagnostic tool configures an Ethernet connection between the diagnostic tool and the device under test.
Claims26
A diagnostic tool comprising:
- an Ethernet connector;
- a display;
- and,
- a processor that causes menus to be shown on the display, the menus allowing a user to select tests to be performed on a device under test, the tests including:
- an Ethernet test;
- wherein when the Ethernet test is started, the diagnostic tool discovers network settings of the device under test and configures an Ethernet connection between the diagnostic tool and the device under test.
A method by which a diagnostic tool performs an Ethernet test of a device under test, the method comprising:
- listening for any packets from the device under test;
- upon receiving a packet from the device under test, determining whether the received packet is a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) packet;
- obtaining an internet protocol (IP) address for the device under test from the received packet when the received packet is not a DHCP packet;
- and,
- assigning an IP address to the device under test when the received packet is a DHCP packet.
A diagnostic tool comprising:
- means for receiving packets from a device under test;
- means for processing a packet received from the device under test, the means for processing a packet determining whether the received packet is a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) packet, and the means for processing the packet assigning an IP address to the device under test when the received packet is a DHCP packet;
- and,
- means for obtaining an internet protocol (IP) address for the device under test from the received packet when the received packet is not a DHCP packet.
A method for testing Ethernet capability of a device under test, the method comprising:
- connecting a diagnostic tool to the device under test:
- using menus displayed by the diagnostic tool to select an Ethernet test;
- discovering, by the diagnostic tool, network settings of the device under test;
- and,
- configuring, by the diagnostic tool, an Ethernet connection between the diagnostic tool and the device under test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.