Specifications

Testing Your Basic Configuration
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Then follow these steps:
1. From the internal-network test machine, ping the physical IP address of each server. You should
be able to successfully ping all of the servers from the test machine.
2. From the internal-network test machine, ping the server aliases on each of the servers. You
should be able to successfully ping all of the servers from the test machine using their aliases.
3. From the internal test machine and each of the servers, ping the Equalizer address that you use
as the default gateway on your servers. (If you use a two-network topology, this will be
Equalizer’s internal address or failover alias.)
4. From the internal-network test machine, connect to the server aliases on service ports of
running daemons (you may need to configure telnet or ssh services on Windows servers). You
should be able to connect successfully to the server aliases.
5. If you use a two-network configuration: From the external-network test machine, ping a
physical server IP address using
ping -R to trace the route of the ping. The Equalizer IP
address should appear in the list of interfaces that the ping packet traverses. You can also use
the
traceroute (UNIX) or tracert (Windows) tools to perform this test.
For help in resolving configuration problems, see Appendix E, ”Troubleshooting”.