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WAN Trace Menu
Option
1. Trace link
2. Real time
3. Capture
4. End
5. Data display
6. Time
7. Show
Enter option number, "=" - main menu, <TAB> - previous menu
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The WAN TRACE MENU can be used to monitor the link with features such as statistics capture, frame and packet level
tracing, and link-utilization and efficiency histograms.
bridge/router; therefore, the tracing functions should only be [enabled] when needed.
1 - Trace Link
Enable the trace for the specified link after the other options below are set. These options also determine which link is
displayed with the Show option.
2 - Real Time
Enable this option when the display of frames in real-time is desired. When [enabled], the trace starts immediately and
scrolls off the bottom of the screen. Return to the menu by entering "2" to disable real-time (You will have to wait 7-8
seconds or more for this to take effect).
3 - Capture
Enabling this option allows for frame capture and display after the buffer is allocated. Use Option 7, Show, to display
the capture.
4 - End
With this option [enabled], if the link goes down while a trace is underway, the Capture function will end and the data
from the trace can be examined up until the point of failure. If this option is [disabled], the Capture function will end
when the allocated capture buffer is full.
If the link goes down and then comes back up, the recovery can be examined with End [disabled].
Menus Reference Manual: WAN Trace Menu
WAN TRACE MENU
Value
[1]
[disabled]
[enabled]
[disabled]
[hex] [single_line]
[disabled]
Description
- Enter the link to be traced
- Display frames in real-time
- Capture frames in buffer
- End capture at link down
- Set frame display format
- Add time to display
- View capture buffer
Note that these features will hamper the performance of the
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