Owner's Manual

Dell ControlPoint Connection Manager 97
Table 1-9. Diagnostic Tests and Descriptions
Diagnostic
Categories
Diagnostic Tests Diagnostic Test Descriptions
Connection
Diagnostics
Associations Association is the establishment and
maintenance of a link between network
adapters. When security is enabled, the
network adapters exchange only security
credentials. This test checks for
connectivity, and passes if the client is
associated successfully.
Authentication Test Tests if the user name, password, and APN
entered are correct.
Local IP Address Test Verifies the network adapter has been
assigned a valid IP Address.
Gateway IP Ping Test Pings the gateway IP Address.
DNS IP Ping Test Pings the Domain Name Server IP Address.
Internet Website
Domain Ping Test
Test checks if a web host or IP Address is
reachable across the Internet with current
settings.
LAN
Diagnostics
EEPROM Test This test verifies the content of the
EEPROM by reading a portion of the
EEPROM and computing the checksum.
The test fails if the computed checksum is
different than the checksum stored in the
EEPROM.
Register Test This test verifies the read and writes
capabilities of the network controller
registers by writing various values to the
registers and verifying the result. The device
driver uses these registers to perform
network functions such as sending and
receiving information. If the test fails, the
network adapter may not be working
properly.
Interrupt Test Test verifies that the NDIS driver is able to
receive interrupts from the LAN adapter.
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