NETGEAR FVX538NA manual Diagnostics

ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual

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Table 6-5. Diagnostics

Item	Description
Ping or Trace an IP	Ping – Used to send a ping packet request to a specified IP address—most often, to
address	test a connection. If the request times out (no reply is received), it usually means that
	the destination is unreachable. However, some network devices can be configured
	not to respond to a ping. The ping results will be displayed in a new screen; click
	“Back” on the Windows menu bar to return to the Diagnostics screen.
	Traceroute (often called Trace Route) – Lists all Routers between the source (this
	device) and the destination IP address. The Trace Route results will be displayed in a
	new screen; click “Back” on the Windows menu bar to return to the Diagnostics
	screen.
Perform a DNS	A DNS (Domain Name Server) converts the Internet name (e.g. www.netgear.com) to
Lookup	an IP address. If you need the IP address of a Web, FTP, Mail or other Server on the
	Internet, you can do a DNS lookup to find the IP address.
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