Test The Path From Your Computer To A Remote Device - NETGEAR CG3300CMR User Manual

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To ping the gateway from a PC running Windows 95 or later:
From the Windows toolbar, click the Start button and select Run.
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In the field that is provided, type ping and then the IP address of the gateway, as in this
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example:
ping 192.168.1.1
Click OK.
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You 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 working correctly, you could have one of the following problems:
Wrong physical connections.
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Make sure that the LAN port LED is on. If the LED is off, see
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Check the corresponding link LEDs are on for your network interface card and the
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hub ports (if any) that are connected to your workstation and gateway.
Wrong network configuration.
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Verify that the Ethernet card driver software and TCP/IP software are both
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installed and configured on your computer or workstation.
Verify that the IP address for your gateway and your workstation are correct and
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that the addresses are on the same subnet.

Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device

After verifying that the LAN path works correctly, test the path from your computer to a remote
device. From the Windows run menu, type:
ping -n 10 <IP address>
where <IP address> is the IP address of a remote device such as the DNS server of your ISP.
If the path is functioning correctly, replies as in the previous section are displayed. If you do
not receive replies:
Check that your computer has the IP address of your gateway is listed as the default
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gateway. If the IP configuration of your computer is assigned by DHCP, this information is
not visible in the Network Control Panel of your computer. Verify that the IP address of the
gateway is listed as the default gateway.
Check that the network address of your computer (the portion of the IP address specified
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by the netmask) is different from the network address of the remote device.
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