Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports

Figure 8-17: Diagnostics screen

Table 8-1.

Diagnostics

 

 

 

Item

 

Description

 

 

Ping or Trace an IP

Ping—Use this to send a ping packet request to the specified IP address. This is

address

 

often used to test a connection. If the request times out (no reply is received), this

 

 

usually means 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 to return to the Diagnostics screen.

 

 

 

 

 

Trace—Often called Trace Route, this will list 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 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.

Display the Routing

This operation will display the internal routing table. This information is used by

Table

 

Technical Support and other staff who understand Routing Tables.

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