Resolving Urls - SonicWALL CDP 6.0 Administrator's Manual

Testing Network Connectivity
Type the URL you wish to test into the text field, either as an IP address or in the form
Step 2
"mysonicwall.com". To test connectivity from the SonicWALL CDP appliance to the default URL,
sonicwall.com, you can leave the field blank.
Click the Test URL button. If the appliance can connect to the URL, the status indicator at the
Step 3
bottom of the window displays "Succeeded" and shows the number of milliseconds it took to
connect.
If the appliance cannot connect to the URL, the status indicator displays "failed".

Resolving URLs

You can resolve a URL to find out its IP address(es) by typing in the URL on the Resolve URL
tab.
To resolve a URL, perform the following steps:
Navigate to Network > Connectivity and click on the Resolve URL tab.
Step 1
Type the URL you wish to resolve into the text field, in the form "mysonicwall.com". To test
Step 2
connectivity from the SonicWALL CDP appliance to the default URL, sonicwall.com, you can
leave the field blank.
Click the Resolve URL button. If the appliance can resolve the URL, the status indicator at the
Step 3
bottom of the window displays one or more IP addresses for the URL.
If the appliance cannot connect to the URL, the status indicator displays "failed".
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