Monitor System Access and Performance
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NETGEAR ProSAFE VPN Firewall FVS318G v2
Capture Packets in Real Time
Capturing packets can assist NETGEAR technical support in diagnosing packet transfer
problems. You can also use a traffic analyzer to do your own problem diagnoses.
To capture packets in real time:
1.
Log in to the unit:
a.
In the address field of any of the qualified web browsers, enter
https://192.168.1.1
.
The NETGEAR Configuration Manager Login screen displays.
b.
In the
Username
field, enter
admin
and in the
Password / Passcode
field, enter
password
.
Use lowercase letters. If you changed the password, enter your personalized
password. Leave the domain as it is (geardomain).
c.
Click the
Login
button.
The Router Status screen displays. After five minutes of inactivity, which is the default
login time-out, you are automatically logged out.
2.
Select
Monitoring > Diagnostics
.
The Diagnostics screen displays the IPv4 settings.
3.
Specify the IP version for the screen that you want.
4.
In Router Options section, next to Capture Packets, click the
Packet Trace
button.
5.
From the
Select Network
list, select the physical or virtual interface for which you want to
capture packets.
6.
Click the
Start
button.
After a few seconds, the packet-tracing process starts, which is indicated by a message
onscreen.
7.
When you want to stop the packet-tracing process, click the
Stop
button.
After a few seconds, the packet-tracing process stops, which is indicated by a message
onscreen.
8.
Click the
Download
button.
9.
Select a location to save the captured packets.
The default file name is
pkt.cap
. The file is downloaded to the location that you specify.
