Send an ipv4 traceroute – NETGEAR MS510TXPP 8 Port Gigabit PoE Managed Switch User Manual

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Smart Managed Pro Switches MS510TX and MS510TXPP

Maintain the Switch and Perform

Troubleshooting

User Manual

329

Send an IPv4 Traceroute

Use this page to tell the switch to send a traceroute request to a specified IP address or host
name. You can use this to discover the paths that packets take to a remote destination. Once
you click the

Apply

button, the switch sends a traceroute and the results are displayed below

the configurable data.

To send an IPv4 traceroute:

1.

Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.

You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is off-network using an Ethernet cable.

2.

Launch a web browser.

3.

In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.

If you do not know the IP address of the switch, see

Access the Switch on page

14

.

The login window opens.

4.

Enter the switch’s password in the

Password

field.

The default password is

password

.

The System Information page displays.

5.

Select

Maintenance > Troubleshooting > Traceroute IPv4

.

The Traceroute page displays.

6.

In the

IP Address/Hostname

field, enter the IP address or host name of the device for

which the path must be discovered.

The maximum number of characters in a name is 160.

7.

In the

Probes Per Hop

field, enter the number of probes per hop.

The range is 1 to 10. The default value is 3.

8.

In the

MaxTTL

field, enter the maximum time to live (TTL) for the destination.

The range is 1 to 255. The default value is 30.

9.

In the

InitTTL

field, enter the initial TTL to be used.

The range is 1 to 255. The default value is 1.

10.

In the

MaxFail

field, enter the maximum number of failures allowed in the session.

The range is 0 to 255. The default value is 5.

11.

In the

Interval (secs)

field, enter the time between probes in seconds.

The range is 1 to 60. The default value is 3.

12.

In the

Port

field, enter the UDP destination port for the probe packets.

The range is 1 to 65535. The default value is 33434.

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