Netgear FVS318Gv2 – ProSAFE VPN Firewall Series Reference Manual
Monitor System Access and Performance
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NETGEAR ProSAFE VPN Firewall FVS318G v2
Capture Packets in Real Time
Capturing packets can assist NETGEAR technical support in diagnosing packet transfer
problems. You can also use a traffic analyzer to do your own problem diagnoses.
problems. You can also use a traffic analyzer to do your own problem diagnoses.
To capture packets in real time:
1.
Log in to the unit:
a. In the address field of any of the qualified web browsers, enter https://192.168.1.1.
a. In the address field of any of the qualified web browsers, enter https://192.168.1.1.
The NETGEAR Configuration Manager Login screen displays.
b. In the Username field, enter admin and in the Password / Passcode field, enter
password.
Use lowercase letters. If you changed the password, enter your personalized
password. Leave the domain as it is (geardomain).
password. Leave the domain as it is (geardomain).
c. Click the Login button.
The Router Status screen displays. After five minutes of inactivity, which is the default
login time-out, you are automatically logged out.
login time-out, you are automatically logged out.
2.
Select Monitoring > Diagnostics.
The Diagnostics screen displays the IPv4 settings.
3.
Specify the IP version for the screen that you want.
4.
In Router Options section, next to Capture Packets, click the Packet Trace button.
5.
From the Select Network list, select the physical or virtual interface for which you want to
capture packets.
6.
Click the Start button.
After a few seconds, the packet-tracing process starts, which is indicated by a message
onscreen.
onscreen.
7.
When you want to stop the packet-tracing process, click the Stop button.
After a few seconds, the packet-tracing process stops, which is indicated by a message
onscreen.
onscreen.
8.
Click the Download button.
9.
Select a location to save the captured packets.
The default file name is
pkt.cap. The file is downloaded to the location that you specify.