Advanced Administration
DiagnosticsThis screen allows you to perform a "Ping" or a "DNS lookup". These activities can be useful in solving network problems.
An example Network Diagnostics screen is shown below.
Figure 44: Network Diagnostics ScreenData - Network Diagnostics ScreenPing
Ping this | Enter the IP address you wish to ping. The IP address can be |
IP Address | on your LAN, or on the Internet. Note that if the address is on |
| the Internet, and no connection currently exists, you could get a |
| "Timeout" error. In that case, wait a few seconds and try again. |
Ping Button | After entering the IP address, click this button to start the "Ping" |
| procedure. The results will be displayed in the Ping Results |
| pane. |
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DNS Lookup |
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Internet name | Enter the Domain name or URL for which you want a DNS |
| (Domain Name Server) lookup. Note that if the address in on |
| the Internet, and no connection currently exists, you could get a |
| "Timeout" error. In that case, wait a few seconds and try again. |
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Lookup Button | After entering the Domain name/URL, click this button to start |
| the "DNS Lookup" procedure. |
Routing |
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Display | Click this button to display the internal routing table. This |
| information can be used by Technical Support and other staff |
| who understand Routing Tables. |
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