- Fortress Wireless Access Bridge User Guide

Fortress Bridge: Monitoring and Diagnostics

5.5 Diagnostics

NOTE: Radio 1

uses antenna port

(ANT1); Radio 2 uses

antenna port 2 (ANT2).

Access Fortress Bridge diagnostic utilities by logging into the

Bridge GUI admin account and selecting

DIAGNOSTICS from the

menu on the left.

The

DIAGNOSTICS screen displays:

 The version and build number of the firmware currently

running on the Fortress Bridge, under

SOFTWARE VERSION.

 The DEVICE ID of the Fortress Bridge, as uniquely generated

for each device on a Fortress-secured network and used,

when applicable, for device authentication. (Refer to

Section 4.1 for more information about Device IDs.)

5.5.1 Pinging a Device

1 Log on to the Bridge GUI admin or operator account and

choose

DIAGNOSTICS from the menu on the left.

2 On the DIAGNOSTICS screen under UTILITIES, in Ping IP

Address, enter the IP address of the device you want to

ping.

3 Click GO. The Bridge will ping the target IP five times and

display the

PING RESULTS.

5.5.2 Tracing a Packet Route

1 Log on to the Bridge GUI admin or operator account and

choose

DIAGNOSTICS from the menu on the left.

2 On the DIAGNOSTICS screen under UTILITIES, in Traceroute

IP Address, enter the IP address of the device to which you

want to trace the route.

3 Click GO. The Bridge will trace the route to the target IP and

display the

TRACEROUTE RESULTS.

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