TP-Link TL-WR840N User Manual page 125

Chapter 5
• Diagnostic Tool
• Ping - This diagnostic tool troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name
resolution to a given host or gateway.
• Tracerouter
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
192.168.0.1) or Domain name (such as www.tp-link.com).
• Pings Count
• Ping Packet Size
• Ping Timeout
no reply in the specified time, the connection is overtime.
• Traceroute Max TTL
3. Click Start to check the connectivity of the internet.
4. The Diagnostic Results
the following figure, the connectivity of the internet is fine.
- Select one diagnostic tool.
- This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection.
- Enter the destination IP address (such as
- 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
- The max number of hops for a Traceroute connection.
page displays the diagnosis result. If the result is similar to
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