
Tools
Ping
The Tools menu is used to perform connectivity tests on the DWR-956M. This is
used to perform ping tests. The results are displayed below the ping test options.
Host: The host to send the ICMP message to.
Repeat Number: The number of times to repeat the ping test.
Timeout (milliseconds):
The amount of time to wait before deciding that the ping test has failed.
Packet Size: This size of the ICMP packet.
Protocol Type: The protocol type to perform the ping test using.
This can be
IPv4
or
IPv6
.
WAN Connection: The WAN connection to use for the ping test.
Click
Ping
to perform the ping test and click
Refresh
to refresh the page.
Trace
This is used to perform traceroute tests. The results of the test are displayed below
the traceroute test options.
Host: The host to send the ICMP messages to.
Max TTL: The maximum Time to Live (TTL) for the ICMP messages.
The is the maximum number of hops that an ICMP packet
can pass through before the target host being declared unreachable.
This can be from
1
to
128
. The default is 30.
Waiting Time: The amount of time to wait before deciding that
the host is not replying to ICMP messages.
WAN Connection: The WAN connection to use for the traceroute.
Click
Trace
to perform the traceroute and click
Refresh
to refresh the page
.