ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual
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Table 6-5. Diagnostics
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Ping or Trace an IP | Ping – Used to send a ping packet request to a specified IP |
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. |
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| 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. |
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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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Router and Network Management |
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