2Wire Gateway None User Manual

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Management and Diagnostic Console

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To perform a ping or traceroute test:

1.

From the drop-down menu, select Ping or Traceroute.

2.

In the Host field, enter the URL of the host location to which you wish the 2Wire gateway to send the
ping or traceroute.

3.

In the Test field, enter the number of times you want the ping to occur (the maximum is 25) or the
number of hops you want traceroute to trace.

4.

In the Packet Size field, enter the packet size you wish to send. The maximum packet size is 576.

5.

Check the

Enable network name resolution

checkbox. This will ensure that the name of the host location

is displayed along with the corresponding IP address.

6.

Click the

Start

button.

The results are displayed on the page as they occur, and include round trip latency; the aggregate number of
packets sent, received, and lost; and the minimum, maximum, and average round-trip latency.

To discontinue Ping or Traceroute, click the

Stop

button.

To perform a DNS query:

1.

From the drop-down menu, select DNS Query.

2.

In the Host field, enter the domain name (URL) for which you wish to obtain the IP address.

3.

Click the

Start

button.

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