Chapter 4
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Diagnostic Tool
- Select one diagnostic tool.
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Ping
- This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name
resolution to a given host or gateway.
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Tracerouter
Note:
You can use ping/traceroute to test both numeric IP address or domain name. If pinging/tracerouting the IP address
is successful, but pinging/tracerouting the domain name is not, you might have a name resolution problem. In this
case, ensure that the domain name you are specifying can be resolved by using Domain Name System (DNS) queries.
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IP Address/Domain Name
Domain name (such as www.tp-link.com).
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Pings Count
- The number of Ping packets for a Ping connection.
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Ping Packet Size
- The size of Ping packet.
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Ping Timeout
- Set the waiting time for the reply of each Ping packet. If there is no
reply in the specified time, the connection is overtime.
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Traceroute Max TTL
3. Click
Start
to check the connectivity of the Internet.
4. The
Diagnostic Results
the following figure, the connectivity of the Internet is fine.
- This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection.
- Enter the destination IP address (such as 192.168.0.1) or
- The max number of hops for a Traceroute connection.
page displays the diagnosis result. If the result is similar to
Configure the Router in Standard Router Mode
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