TP-LINK TL-WA830RE User Manual

 

the Echo Reply message returned by the destination. However, some gateways do not 
return Time Exceeded messages for packets with expired TTL values and are invisible to 
the traceroute tool. In this case, a row of asterisks (*) is displayed for that hop.   

IP Address - Enter the IP Address (such as 202.108.22.5) of the PC whose connection you wish 
to diagnose. 

Ping Count - Specifies the number of Echo Request messages sent. The default is 4.   

Ping Packet Size - Specifies the number of data bytes to be sent. The default is 64. 

Ping Timeout - Specifies the time to wait for a response in milliseconds. The default is 800. 

Traceroute Max TTL - Set the maximum number of hops (max TTL to be reached) in the path to 
search for the target (destination). The default is 20.   

Click the Start button to start the diagnostic procedure. 

The Diagnostic Results page displays the result of diagnosis. 

If the result is similar to the following screen, the connectivity of the Internet is fine. 

 

Figure 4-28  Diagnostic Results 

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Only one user can use this tool at one time. 

 

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Options “Number of Pings”, “Ping Size” and “Ping Timeout” are only available for Ping 
function. Option “Tracert Hops” is available only for Tracert function.

 

Selecting  System Tools > Ping Watch Dog allows you to continuously monitor the particular 
connection between the device to a remote host. It makes this device continuously ping a user 
defined IP address (it can be the internet gateway for example). If it is unable to ping under the 
user defined constraints, this device will automatically reboot. 

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