Reference Guide for the Model RT328 and Model RH348 ISDN Routers

Diagnostic Menu

The diagnostic menu allows you to test several functions of your router. From the Main Menu, enter 24 to display Menu 24 - System Maintenance. Enter 4 to display Menu 24.4 - System Maintenance - Diagnostic.

The diagnostic tools described in this section allow the user to perform the following functions:

•Test the ISDN connection

•Test the TCP/IP configuration

•Reboot the system

•Change the interface mode to command-line mode

ISDN Tools

Use the commands and fields listed in Table 9-5 to test the ISDN connection from

Menu 24.4 - System Maintenance - Diagnostic.

Table 9-5.

System Maintenance - Diagnostic Menu Fields

 

 

 

 

Field

 

Command

Description

 

 

 

 

Hang Up B1 Call

 

[Enter 1]

This command hangs up B channel 1. It is useful only if the B1 line is

 

 

 

currently connected to a remote node or a dial-in user.

 

 

 

 

Hang Up B2 Call

 

[Enter 2]

This command hangs up B channel 2. It is useful only if the B2 line is

 

 

 

currently connected to a remote node or a dial-in user.

 

 

 

 

Reset ISDN

 

[Enter3]

This command reinitializes the ISDN link to the telephone company.

 

 

 

ISDN Connection

[Enter 4]

This command instructs the router to perform a loopback test of the

Test

 

 

ISDN line. A call is placed from one B channel to the other, and data is

 

 

 

passed. A failure of this test indicates a problem either with the ISDN

 

 

 

line itself or with your current ISDN configuration. Note the error

 

 

 

message that you receive and see your network administrator.

 

 

 

 

Manual Call

 

[Enter 5]

This command allows the user to place a manual call to a remote node

 

 

 

and tests the connectivity to that remote node. As the call is placed,

 

 

 

traces are displayed on the screen showing the progress of the call

 

 

 

setup and protocol negotiation.

 

 

 

 

9-6

System Maintenance