Chapter 7 Maintenance
NSG Series User’s Guide
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 20 Maintenance > Diagnostics > Network Tool
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Network Tool
Select
PING IPv4
to ping the IP address that you entered.
Select
TRACEROUTE IPv4
to perform the traceroute function. This determines the path a
packet takes to the specified computer.
Domain Name or IP
Address
Type the IPv4 address of a computer that you want to perform ping or traceroute in
order to test a connection.
Interface
Select an interface through which the packet is transmitted.
Extension Option
Enter the extended option if you want to use an extended ping or traceroute
command. For example, enter “
-c
count
” (where
count
is the number of ping
requests) to set how many times the NSG pings the destination IP address, or enter “
-w
waittime
” (where
waittime
is a time period in seconds) to set how long the NSG waits
for a response to a probe before running another traceroute.
Test
Click this button to start to ping or run a traceroute.
Stop
Click this button to terminate the current ping operation or traceroute.
Reset
Click this button to return the screen to its last-saved settings.
