Network Utilities

Use the Network Utilities to determine if access to the network exists.

Ping Utility

The Ping utility is a standard ICMP ping request. It sends out twelve 64-byte packets to the specified IP address.

To use the Ping Utility:

  1. Select Network>Utilities>Ping to display the Network Ping page.

  2. Enter the IP address you want to test.

  3. Click OK.

The Display Network Ping page appears with the results of the ping command.

Trace Utility

The Trace Utility enables you to capture a network trace of all incoming and outgoing IP traffic. You can access the trace output from the Logs>Trace page. All of the traces are named by a date/timestamp.

  1. Select Network>Utilities>Trace to display the Network Trace page.

  1. Enter the Ethernet interface you want to monitor.

  2. Enter the maximum trace file size in kilobytes.

  3. Enter the maximum trace time period in minutes.

  4. Click OK to start the trace. The following page appears, providing status information about the trace:

  5. Click BACK to return to the Network Trace page.

  6. To view a trace file, select the Logs>Trace Files menu to display the Trace Files page:

  7. To view the trace file, click DOWNLOAD. The trace file is a text file you can view with any network analyzer software.