Testing The Path From Your Computer To A Remote Device - NETGEAR RangeMax WPN824v3 User Manual

2. In the field provided, type ping followed by the IP address of the router, as in this example:
ping 192.168.1.1
3. Click 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 light is on. If the light is off, follow the instructions in
or Internet Port Lights Are Not On" on page
– Check that the corresponding link lights 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 computer 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 Computer to a Remote Device

After verifying that the LAN path works correctly, test the path from your computer to a remote
device. In the Windows Run window, type:
ping -n 10 <IP address>
where <IP address> is the IP address of a remote device such as your ISP's DNS server.
If the path is functioning correctly, replies as in the previous section are displayed. If you do not
receive replies:
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