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The Administration Tab - Diagnostics

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Wireless-G Home Router The Administration Tab - Diagnostics The diagnostic tests (Ping, Traceroute, and DNS Lookup) allow you to check the connections of your network components. Ping Test. The Ping test will check the status of a connection. Click the Ping button to open the Ping Test screen. Enter the address of the PC whose connection you wish to test and how many times you wish to test it. Then, click the Ping button. The Ping Test screen will then display the test results. To stop the test, click the Stop button. Click the Clear Log button to clear the screen. Click the Close button to return to the Diagnostics screen. Traceroute Test. To test the performance of a connection, click the Traceroute button. Enter the address of the PC whose connection you wish to test and click the Traceroute button. The Traceroute screen will then display the test results. To stop the test, click the Stop button. Click the Clear Log button to clear the screen. Click the Close button to return to the Diagnostics screen. Figure 5-43: Administration Tab - Diagnostics DNS Lookup. You can use DNS Lookup to find an IP address from a domain name. Enter the Domain Name into the field, then click DNS Lookup. Click Stop to stop the query, click Clear Log to clear the field, and click Close to close the screen. When you finish making changes to this screen, click the Save Settings button to save the changes, or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes. Help information is shown on the right-hand side of the screen. For additional help, click More. Figure 5-44: The Ping Test Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-G Home Router 39 The Administration Tab - Diagnostics

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Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-G Home Router
The Administration Tab - Diagnostics
Wireless-G Home Router
The Administration Tab - Diagnostics
The diagnostic tests (Ping, Traceroute, and DNS Lookup) allow you to check the connections of your network
components.
Ping Test
. The Ping test will check the status of a connection. Click the
Ping
button to open the
Ping Test
screen.
Enter the address of the PC whose connection you wish to test and how many times you wish to test it. Then,
click the
Ping
button. The
Ping Test
screen will then display the test results. To stop the test, click the
Stop
button. Click the
Clear Log
button to clear the screen. Click the
Close
button to return to the
Diagnostics
screen.
Traceroute Test
. To test the performance of a connection, click the
Traceroute
button. Enter the address of the
PC whose connection you wish to test and click the
Traceroute
button. The
Traceroute
screen will then display
the test results. To stop the test, click the
Stop
button. Click the
Clear Log
button to clear the screen. Click the
Close
button to return to the
Diagnostics
screen.
DNS Lookup
. You can use DNS Lookup to find an IP address from a domain name. Enter the Domain Name into
the field, then click DNS Lookup. Click
Stop
to stop the query, click
Clear Log
to clear the field, and click
Close
to
close the screen.
When you finish making changes to this screen, click the
Save Settings
button to save the changes, or click the
Cancel Changes
button to undo your changes. Help information is shown on the right-hand side of the screen.
For additional help, click
More
.
Figure 5-43: Administration Tab - Diagnostics
Figure 5-44: The Ping Test