Chapter 6 Performing Administrative Tasks

Managing the Appliance

Using Connectivity Tools

The options in the Connectivity Tools window allow you to perform connectivity tests and find information about devices.

Note Your login determines whether you can use this option.

Procedure

Step 1 Select Administration > Appliance > Connectivity Tools. The Network Connectivity and Security Test dialog box appears.

Step 2 Enter a device name or IP address in the Device text box.

Step 3 Click an option button:

Note Pressing Enter will not work. You must click a button.

Ping—Test device reachability.

Traceroute—Detect routing errors between the Wireless LAN Solution Engine and the target device.

NSLookup—Look up device or host information via the name server. The information displayed includes server name, server IP address, device name, and the device IP address.

TCP Port Scan—Find the active ports on the device.

SNMP Reachable—Try to reach a device by using SNMP. To reach a device using SNMP, the device’s credentials must be entered into the SNMP Communities window (select Administration > Discover > DEVICE CREDENTIALS > SNMP Communities).

A results window appears, telling you whether the connectivity test was successful.

Step 4 Click Close to close the results window.

 

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