1. From the Windows task bar, click Start and select Run.
2. In the Open field, type ping followed by the IP address of the EMTA.
3. Click OK. A message similar to the following appears (in this example, 192.168.0.1 is the
IP address entered as part of the ping command):
Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data
If the destination IP address was contacted successfully, a message similar to the following
appears:
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=NN ms TTL=xxx
If the path was not contacted successfully, a message similar to the following appears:
Request timed out
If the path is not working properly:
The physical connections may be wrong. Be sure the EMTA's ONLINE LED is ON. If it is
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OFF, review "Basic " on page 47.
Check that the corresponding LEDs on the NIC installed in your computer are ON (refer
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to the documentation for your NIC). If they are OFF, verify that the Ethernet card driver
software and TCP/IP software are both installed and configured properly on your
computer.
Verify that the IP addresses for the EMTA and your computer are correct and that both
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addresses are on the same subnet (for example, 192.168.1.x / 255.255.255.0 ).
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