User's Manual

Chapter 3: Connections and setup
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Illustrationscontainedinthisdocumentareforrepresentationonly.
Diagnostics
Thispageoffersbasicdiagnostictoolsforyoutousewhenconnectivityproblemsoccur.Whenyouping
anInternetdevice,yousendapackettoitsTCP/IPstack,anditsendsonebacktoyours.Tousetheping
Test,entertheinformationneededandpressStartTest;theResultwillbedisplayedinthelowerpartof
thewindow.PressAbortTesttostop,andClearResultstocleartheresultcontents.Note:Firewallsmay
causepingstofailbutstillprovideyouTCP/IPaccesstoselecteddevicesbehindthem.Keepthisinmind
whenpingadevicethatmaybebehindafirewall.PingismostusefultoverifyconnectivitywithPCs
whichdonothavefirewalls,suchasthePCsonyourLANside.
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Fig.6:DiagnosticsSettings
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