NETGEAR MBR814X, Reference Manual

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Reference Manual for the Mobile Broadband Router MBR814X
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v1.0, January 2006
If the Weekly, Daily or Hourly option is selected and the log fills up before the specified
period, the log is automatically e-mailed to the specified e-mail address. After the log is sent, it
is cleared from the router’s memory. If the router cannot e-mail the log file, the log buffer may
fill up. In this case, the router overwrites the log and discards its contents.
Running Diagnostic Utilities and Rebooting the Router
The MBR814X router has a diagnostics feature. You can use the diagnostics menu to perform the
following functions from the router:
• Ping an IP Address to test connectivity to see if you can reach a remote host.
• Perform a DNS Lookup to test if an Internet name resolves to an IP address to verify that the
DNS server configuration is working.
• Display the Routing Table to identify what other routers the router is communicating with.
• Reboot the router to enable new network configurations to take effect or to clear problems
with the router’s network connection.
From the main menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select the Router
Diagnostics heading to display the menu shown below:
Figure 6-10