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Send an ipv6 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

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13.

In the

Size

field, enter the size of the probe packets.

The range is 64 to 1472. The default value is 64.

14.

Click the

Apply

button.

A traceroute request is sent to the specified IPv4 address or host name. The results are

displayed below the configurable data in the Results field.

If a reply to the traceroute is received, a message similar to the following one is displayed:

1 10.5.225.33 20 ms 10 ms 30 ms
2 10.5.225.225 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms
3 192.254.254.3 10 ms 30 ms 20 ms
Hop Count = 3 Test attempt = 9 Test Success = 3

Send an IPv6 Traceroute

Use this page to tell the switch to send a traceroute request to a specified IPv6 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 IPv6 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 IPv6

.

The Traceroute IPv6 page displays.

6.

In the

IPv6 Address/Host Name

field, enter the IPv6 address or host name of the device for

which the path must be discovered.

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

Max TTL

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

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