User guide

Chapter 3 – Software

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Administration > Network Tools

There are three tools that can help you test the network connections and functionality. Ping and Trace Route

test the network connections on the IP level. TCP Connect tests TCP services for availability.

PING

Ping is an acronym for Packet Internet Groper. The PING utility is used as a diagnostic tool to determine if

a TCP/IP communication path exists to a remote host. The utility sends a packet to the specified address

and then waits for a reply.

Host - Specify the IP address or name of the other computer for which connectivity is to be checked.

Number of PINGS - Select the number of pings. You can choose 3 (the default), 10 or 100 pings.

Timeout - Specify the duration to wait before declaring “timeout, “no response”.

Packet Size (bytes) - Specify the number of data bytes to be sent.

Start - After clicking the Start button, a new browser window opens with the PING statistics

accumulating.