Motorola WR850 manual Troubleshooting Your Network Connections, Section, Configuration

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Troubleshooting Your Network Connections

Section 3			Configuration

Field or Button	Description
Learned MAC	Displays the MAC addresses (wired or wireless devices) the router has
Address	already recorded. If you wish to use one of the displayed MAC
	addresses:
	1	Click the address number. The number automatically appears in
		the Cloned WAN MAC Address field.
	2	Click Apply to clone the displayed MAC address.
	3	Click Refresh to search for additional MAC addresses on your
		LAN.
Apply	Click to save your settings.
Cancel	Click to cancel any changes.

Troubleshooting Your Network Connections

The Network Diagnostic screen helps you troubleshoot problems that might occur. To access the screen, click Internet > Network Diagnostic.

Field or Button	Description
Ping	Determines whether a particular IP address is online. This utility sends
	out a packet (block of data) and waits for a response.
Trace Route	Traces a route from the client machine to the remote host being
	contacted and reports the IP addresses of all the routers in between.

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