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Reference Manual for the Model HR314 802.11a Hi-Speed Wireless Router Testing the LAN Path to Your Firewall You can ping the router from your PC to verify that the LAN path to your router is set up correctly. To ping the router from a PC running Windows 95 or later: 1. From the Windows toolbar, click on the Start button and select Run. 2. In the field provided, type Ping followed by the IP address of the router, as in this example: ping 192.168.0.1 3. Click on OK. You should see a message like this one: Pinging with 32 bytes of data If the path is working, you see this message: Reply from < IP address >: bytes=32 time=NN ms TTL=xxx If the path is not working, you see this message: Request timed out If the path is not functioning correctly, you could have one of the following problems: • Wrong physical connections - Make sure the LAN port LED is on. If the LED is off, follow the instructions in "LAN or Internet Port LEDs Not On" on page 9-3. - Check that the corresponding Link LEDs are on for your network interface card and for the hub ports (if any) that are connected to your workstation and router. • Wrong network configuration - Verify that the Ethernet card driver software and TCP/IP software are both installed and configured on your PC or workstation. - Verify that the IP address for your router and your workstation are correct and that the addresses are on the same subnet. Testing the Path from Your PC to a Remote Device After verifying that the LAN path works correctly, test the path from your PC to a remote device. From the Windows run menu, type: PING -n 10 9-6 Troubleshooting

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Reference Manual for the Model HR314 802.11a Hi-Speed Wireless Router
9-6
Troubleshooting
Testing the LAN Path to Your Firewall
You can ping the router from your PC to verify that the LAN path to your router is set up correctly.
To ping the router from a PC running Windows 95 or later:
1.
From the Windows toolbar, click on the Start button and select Run.
2.
In the field provided, type Ping followed by the IP address of the router, as in this example:
ping 192.168.0.1
3.
Click on OK.
You should see a message like this one:
Pinging <IP address> with 32 bytes of data
If the path is working, you see this message:
Reply from < IP address >: bytes=32 time=NN ms TTL=xxx
If the path is not working, you see this message:
Request timed out
If the path is not functioning correctly, you could have one of the following problems:
•
Wrong physical connections
—
Make sure the LAN port LED is on. If the LED is off, follow the instructions in
“LAN
or Internet Port LEDs Not On
” on
page 9-3
.
—
Check that the corresponding Link LEDs are on for your network interface card and
for the hub ports (if any) that are connected to your workstation and router.
•
Wrong network configuration
—
Verify that the Ethernet card driver software and TCP/IP software are both installed
and configured on your PC or workstation.
—
Verify that the IP address for your router and your workstation are correct and that the
addresses are on the same subnet.
Testing the Path from Your PC to a Remote Device
After verifying that the LAN path works correctly, test the path from your PC to a remote device.
From the Windows run menu, type:
PING -n 10
<
IP address
>