Netopia R2121, User Reference Manual

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Utilities and Diagnostics 15-5
To trace a route, follow these steps:
1. Select Host Name or IP Address and enter the name or address of the destination you want to trace.
2. Select Maximum hops (1..64) to set the maximum number of routers to count between the Netopia Router
and the destination router, up to the maximum of 64. The default is 30 hops.
3. Select Timeout per probe (1..10 sec) to set when the trace will timeout for each hop, up to 10 seconds.
The default is 3 seconds.
4. Select Use Reverse DNS to learn the names of the routers between the Netopia Router and the destination
router. The default is Yes.
5. Select START TRACE ROUTE and press Return. The screen will be replaced by a scrolling screen, listing
the destination, the number of hops, the IP addresses of each hop, and the DNS names, if selected.
6. Cancel the trace by pressing Escape. Return to the Trace Route screen by pressing Escape twice.
Telnet client
The Telnet client mode replaces the normal menu mode. Telnet sessions can be cascaded, that is, you can
initiate a Telnet client session when using a Telnet console session. To activate the Telnet client, select
Telnet
from the Utilities & Diagnostics menu.
Trace Route
Host Name or IP Address:
Maximum Hops: 30
Timeout (seconds): 5
Use Reverse DNS: Yes
START TRACE ROUTE
Enter the IP Address/Domain Name of a host.
Trace route to a network host.