5 diagnostics, 1 pinging a device, 2 tracing a packet route – Fortress Technologies ecure Wireless Access Bridge User Manual

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Fortress Bridge: Monitoring and Diagnostics

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5.5 Diagnostics

NOTE:

Radio 1

uses antenna port

1

(

ANT1

)

; Radio 2 uses

antenna port 2

(

ANT2

)

.

Access Fortress Bridge diagnostic utilities by logging into the
Bridge GUI admin account and selecting

DIAGNOSTICS

from the

menu on the left.

The

DIAGNOSTICS

screen displays:

‹

The version and build number of the firmware currently
running on the Fortress Bridge, under

SOFTWARE

VERSION

.

‹

The

DEVICE

ID

of the Fortress Bridge, as uniquely generated

for each device on a Fortress-secured network and used,
when applicable, for device authentication. (Refer to
Section 4.1 for more information about Device IDs.)

5.5.1

Pinging a Device

1

Log on to the Bridge GUI admin or operator account and
choose

DIAGNOSTICS

from the menu on the left.

2

On the

DIAGNOSTICS

screen under

UTILITIES

, in Ping IP

Address, enter the IP address of the device you want to
ping.

3

Click

GO

. The Bridge will ping the target IP five times and

display the

PING

RESULTS

.

5.5.2

Tracing a Packet Route

1

Log on to the Bridge GUI admin or operator account and
choose

DIAGNOSTICS

from the menu on the left.

2

On the

DIAGNOSTICS

screen under

UTILITIES

, in Traceroute

IP Address, enter the IP address of the device to which you
want to trace the route.

3

Click

GO

. The Bridge will trace the route to the target IP and

display the

TRACEROUTE

RESULTS

.

detail:

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