Ping Watch Dog - TP-Link TL-WR940N User Manual

Chapter 6
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Note:
You can use ping/traceroute to test both numeric IP address or domain name. If pinging/tracerouting the IP address is
successful, but pinging/tracerouting the domain name is not, you might have a name resolution problem. In this case,
ensure that the domain name you are specifying can be resolved by using Domain Name System (DNS) queries.
• IP Address/Domain Name
Domain name (such as www.tp-link.com).
• Pings Count
• Ping Packet Size
• Ping Timeout
reply in the specified time, the connection is overtime.
• Traceroute Max TTL
3. Click
4. The
following figure, the connectivity of the internet is fine.
Note:
Only one user can use this tool at one time. Options "Number of Pings", "Ping Size" and "Ping Timeout" are used for the
Ping function. Option "Tracert Hops" is used for the Tracert function.
6. 6. 2.
The Ping Watch Dog is dedicated for continuous monitoring of the particular connection
to remote host using the Ping tool. It makes the router continuously ping a user defined
IP address (it can be the internet gateway for example). If it is unable to ping under the
user defined constraints, the router will automatically reboot.
1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the username and password you set for the router.
2. Go to
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Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name
resolution to a given host or gateway.
Tracerouter - This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection.
- Enter the destination IP address (such as 192.168.0.1) or
- The number of Ping packets for a Ping connection.
- The size of Ping packet.
- Set the waiting time for the reply of each Ping packet. If there is no
- The max number of hops for a Traceroute connection.
Start to check the connectivity of the internet.
Diagnostic Results page displays the diagnosis result. If the result is similar to the

Ping Watch Dog

System Tools > Ping Watch
search engine
Configure the Router in Repeater Mode
Dog. Configure the settings and click Save.
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