Trace A Route; Look Up A Dns Address; Display The Routing Tables - NETGEAR FVS318N Reference Manual

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To send a ping:
1. In the Ping or Trace an IP Address section of the screen, in the IP Address (v4/v6) /
DomainName field, enter the IPv4 or IPv6 address that you want to ping.
2. If the specified address is reached through a VPN tunnel, select the Ping through VPN
tunnel? check box.
3. Click the Ping button. The results of the ping are displayed in a new screen. To return to the
Diagnostics screen, click Back on the browser menu bar.

Trace a Route

A traceroute lists all routers between the source (the wireless VPN firewall) and the
destination IP address.
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To send a traceroute:
1. In the Ping or Trace an IP Address section of the screen, in the IP Address (v4/v6) /
DomainName field, enter the IPv4 or IPv6 address that you want to trace.
2. Click the Traceroute button. The results of the traceroute are displayed in a new screen. To
return to the Diagnostics screen, click Back on the browser menu bar.

Look Up a DNS Address

A Domain Name Server (DNS) converts the Internet name (for example, www.netgear.com)
to an IP address. If you need the IP address of a web, FTP, mail, or other server on the
Internet, request a DNS lookup to find the IP address.
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To look up a DNS address:
1. In the Perform a DNS Lookup section of the screen, in the Internet Name field, enter a
domain name.
2. Click the Lookup button. The results of the lookup action are displayed in a new screen. To
return to the Diagnostics screen, click Back on the browser menu bar.

Display the Routing Tables

Displaying the internal routing table can assist NETGEAR technical support in diagnosing
routing problems.
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To display one of the routing tables:
In Router Options section of the screen, do one of the following:
• Next to Display the IPv4 Routing Table, click the Display button.
• Next to Display the IPv6 Routing Table, click the Display button.
The routing table is shown in the Route Display screen that displays as a pop-up screen.
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