User's Manual

Reference Manual for the Model FVM318 Cable/DSL ProSafe Wireless VPN Security Firewall
5-12 Managing Your Network
Running Diagnostic Utilities and Rebooting the Router
The FVM318 firewall has a diagnostics feature. You can use the diagnostics menu to perform the
following functions from the firewall:
• Ping an IP Address to test connectivity to see if you can reach a remote host.
• Perform a DNS Lookup to test if an Internet name resolves to an IP address to verify that the
DNS server configuration is working.
• Display the Routing Table to identify what other routers the router is communicating with.
• Trace the Routing Path to identify any connectivity or congestion problems in the network.
• Reboot the Router to enable new network configurations to take effect or to clear problems
with the router’s network connection.
From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select the Router
Diagnostics heading
to display the menu shown in Figure 5-8.
Figure 5-8: Diagnostics menu
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