Network Tools

STEP 4 If required, configure any of the following options:

Inter Packet Interval —the number of seconds between each packet

STEP 5

STEP 6

TTL — (IP Time To Live) the maximum number of IP routers that the packet can go through before being thrown away. Each router will decrease the TTL value on the packet by one. The maximum value is 255

Number Of Packets — the number of packets you want to send

Silent — do not display any extra information

Perform Reverse Lookup on Results — If you locate a domain name, this function returns the IP address. if you have located an IP address, this returns the domain name.

Record Route — the route the packet took through the network/Internet. Some routers will add their address to the packet if you check this option

Verbose — more details about the ping will be displayed if you check this option

Note To reset the Ping Configuration default values, click Defaults.

Click Start Ping.

The device sends a Ping request to the specified device.

If the device is accessible and functioning correctly, a message similar to the following is displayed:

64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=0 ttl=248 time=195.2 ms

If the device is not accessible, or is not functioning correctly, a message similar to the following is displayed:

No answer from 192.168.1.254

Some network environments block Ping traffic on the network. The Ping request may therefore fail even if the network device is operating normally.

Traceroute

Use the Traceroute tool to display the network hops from the device to another device on an IP network. This feature is useful to diagnose connectivity problems such as a failed network device between the device and the web server being accessed.

Perform a Traceroute

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

From the LSM menu, select Network > Tools.

On the Tools page, click the Traceroute tab.

On the Traceroute page in the Traceroute Configuration table, type the Host Name or IP address of the destination device to which you want to trace the route.

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