Getting the Ethernet LAN Interface to work
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3.5 Testing the Ethernet interface
After finishing the Ethernet configuration, make sure to save it to flash-memory.
The LAN Interface is configured and should be working now.
At any time, the Ethernet configuration can be examined using the menu option
Info->Show Configuration->Interface->Ethernet.
There are several ways to verify that the LAN interface is really working.
The simplest one is to use the Ping and Telnet applications.
From the PR2000 main menu, select Applications->Ping (you might have to
select between IP and IPX in case both network protocols are enabled). Enter
the network address of another system connected to the LAN (until the DNS
client is configured, which we will do later, we will need to type addresses in
numerical form). Select the Ping parameters (you can use the default
parameters for this test).
Your screen should look like this (example for Ping over IP protocol):
Host [host01] : <address of the host to ping>
packet size (even number from 32 to 1024) [32] :
count (0 if forever or 5 to 30000) [5] :
interval in ms (100 to 60000) [1000] :
PING (<address of the host to ping>): 32 data bytes
32 bytes from (208.138.19.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=29 time=6.63 ms
32 bytes from (208.138.19.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=29 time=3.75 ms
32 bytes from (208.138.19.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=29 time=3.78 ms
32 bytes from (208.138.19.1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=29 time=3.74 ms
32 bytes from (208.138.19.1): icmp_seq=5 ttl=29 time=3.79 ms
--- ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 3.74/4.34/6.63 ms
You can also telnet from the PR2000 to any machine in the LAN or telnet/ping
from any other machine in the network to the PR2000. From now on, you can
leave the console and continue the configuration of the PR2000 in a Telnet
session from any server on the LAN.
Assuming that everything is correct, you are ready to proceed to the next
chapter and configure your WAN interface(s).
