Testing The Lan Path To Your Router; Testing The Path From Your Pc To A Remote Device - NETGEAR FR314 Reference Manual

Reference Guide for the Model FR314, FR318 and FV318 Cable/DSL Firewall and VPN Routers

Testing the LAN Path to Your Router

You can ping the router from your PC to verify that the LAN path to your router is set up correctly.
To ping the router from a Windows PC:
On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button and then click Run.
1.
The Run window opens.
Type , followed by the IP address of the router, as shown in the following example:
2.
ping
ping 192.168.0.1
Click OK.
3.
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 Local LNK/ACT LED is on. If the LNK/ACT LED is off, follow the
instructions in
— Check that the corresponding Link LEDs are on for your network interface card and for
the hub ports (if any) that are connected to your PC and router.
• Wrong network configuration
— Verify that the Ethernet card driver software and TCP/IP software are both installed and
configured on your PC.
— 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 PC to a Remote Device

After verifying that the LAN path works correctly, test the path from your PC to a remote device:
12-6
"LNK/ACT LEDs Not On" on page 12-2.
Troubleshooting