Send A Ping - NETGEAR WAX220 User Manual

Essentials WiFi 6 AX4200 Dual Band Multi-Gig Access Point Model WAX220

Send a ping

The AP can ping the IPv4 address of a device or network location and display the results.
You can use this option to check whether the AP can communicate with a particular IPv4
device or network location.
To send a ping:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or tablet that is directly connected over WiFi
to the AP or connected to the same network as the AP.
2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the AP.
If you are directly connected to the management WiFi network, you can enter
https://www.aplogin.net.
A login page displays.
If you do not know the IP address, see Find the IP address of the AP on page 24. For
more information about the management WiFi network, see Management WiFi
network on page 43.
If your browser displays a security warning, you can proceed, or add an exception
for the security warning. For more information, see kb.netgear.com/000062980.
3. Enter the AP login password and click the LOGIN button.
The AP login password is the one that you specified the first time you logged in to
the AP. The password is case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
4. Select Management > Management > Troubleshoot.
By default, the Ping tab is selected and the Ping Test Parameters page displays.
5. In the Target IP / Domain Name field, enter the IP address that the AP must ping.
6. In the Ping Packet Size field, enter the size in bytes of the each ping packet.
The default size is 64 bytes.
7. In the Number of Pings field, enter the number of ping packets that the AP must
send.
The default number is 4.
8. Click the Start button.
The AP sends the ping. The results display on the page.
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