Use Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) to discover the Interface, Internet Address, Physical Address, and Type (dynamic or static).
- Navigate to Appliance > Network Diagnostics.
- Click ARP.
- Click Display ARP Table to run the test. The test results display in the Output window and may include the Interface, Internet Address, Physical Address, and Type.
Use netstat to display the active connection protocol, local address, foreign address, and state.
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Navigate to Appliance > Network Diagnostics.
- Click Netstat.
- Click Display Connections to run the test. The test results display in the Output window and may include the Active Connections, Protocols, Local Address, Foreign Address, and State.
Use the NS Lookup query to obtain the domain name server or IP address of the specified host in relation to the SPP Appliance.
- Navigate to Network Diagnostics:
- web client: Navigate to Appliance > Network Diagnostics.
- Click NS Lookup.
- Enter the remote host's IP address or Hostname.
- In Record Type, select the type of DNS record to be queried.
- Select More Settings then, in Query Options, select the type of query.
- Click Lookup to run the test. The test results display in the Output window.
Use the ping test to verify network connectivity and response time between the SPP Appliance and the specified host.
- Navigate to Network Diagnostics:
- web client: Navigate to Appliance > Network Diagnostics.
- Click Ping.
- Enter the remote host's IP or Hostname.
- Optionally, click More Settings then configure these additional settings:
- Resolve IP addresses to hostnames
- Size: Buffer size; range from 1 to 65500
- Time to live: Enter a value from 1 to 255
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Record route for count hops (IPv4 only): Enter a value from 1 to 9
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Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply: Enter a value from 1 to 4000
- Number of echo requests to send: Enter a value from 1 to 65527
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Set "don't fragment" flag in packet (IPv4 only)
- Type of service: Enter from 1 to 255
- Time stamp for count hops (IPv4 only): Enter from 1 to 4
- Use internal address as source
- Click Ping to run the test. The test results display in the Output window.