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Test the LAN Path to Your Trek, Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device

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Trek N300 Travel Router and Range Extender PR2000 Test the LAN Path to Your Trek You can ping the Trek from your computer to verify that the LAN path to your Trek is set up correctly.  To ping the Trek from a running Windows computer: 1. From the Windows toolbar, select Start > Run. 2. In the field provided, type ping followed by the IP address of the Trek, as in this example: ping www.routerlogin.net 3. Click the OK button. 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 might have one of the following problems: • Wrong physical connections For a wired connection, make sure that your computer is connected to the correct Ethernet port on the Trek. • Wrong network configuration Verify that the Ethernet card driver software and TCP/IP software are both installed and configured on your computer. Verify that the IP address for your Trek and your computer are correct and that the addresses are on the same subnet. Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device After verifying that the LAN path works correctly, test the path from your computer to a remote device. 1. From the Windows toolbar, select Start > Run. 2. In the field provided, type: ping -n 10 where is the IP address of a remote device such as your ISP DNS server. If the path is functioning correctly, replies like the examples shown in Test the LAN Path to Your Trek on page 140 are displayed. If you do not receive replies, check the following: Troubleshooting 140

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Troubleshooting
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Trek N300 Travel Router and Range Extender PR2000
Test the LAN Path to Your Trek
You can ping the Trek from your computer to verify that the LAN path to your Trek is set up
correctly.
To ping the Trek from a running Windows computer:
1.
From the Windows toolbar, select
Start > Run
.
2.
In the field provided, type
ping
followed by the IP address of the Trek, as in this example:
ping www.routerlogin.net
3.
Click the
OK
button.
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 might have one of the following problems:
•
Wrong physical connections
For a wired connection, make sure that your computer is connected to the correct
Ethernet port on the Trek.
•
Wrong network configuration
Verify that the Ethernet card driver software and TCP/IP software are both installed and
configured on your computer.
Verify that the IP address for your Trek and your computer are correct and that the
addresses are on the same subnet.
Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device
After verifying that the LAN path works correctly, test the path from your computer to a remote
device.
1.
From the Windows toolbar, select
Start > Run
.
2.
In the field provided, type:
ping -n 10
<
IP address
>
where <IP address> is the IP address of a remote device such as your ISP DNS server.
If the path is functioning correctly, replies like the examples shown in
Test the LAN Path to
Your Trek
on page
140 are displayed. If you do not receive replies, check the following: