How to check the connections of your network components on the Router

For instance, if you want to check the connection of the www.tp-link.com , you can achieve it through Diagnostic.

Step 1

Open the web browser and type http://tplinklogin.net or IP address in the address bar (default is http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 ). Press Enter.

Step 2

Type the username and password in the login page, the default username and password are both admin in lower case.

Step 3

Click the System Tools on left and go to Diagnostic.

Step 4

Select one of the diagnostic tools: Ping or Traceroute .

Note: Ping troubleshoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution to a given host or gateway. Traceroute reflects the path taken to a given host. You can use ping and Traceroute to test both numeric IP address or domain name.

Ping:

Step 5

Select the diagnostic tool: Ping.

Step 6

Type the IP Address/Domain name of the PC/server you want to ping in the IP Address/ Domain Name.

Step 7

Click Start to start the diagnose. The following result indicates the connection is ok.

Note:

If ping the IP address is successful while pinging the domain name is not, you may get a DNS problem.

Traceroute:

Step 8

Select the diagnostic tool: Traceroute.

Step 9

Type the IP Address/Domain name of the PC/server you wish to traceroute in the IP Address/ Domain Name.

Step 10

Click Start to start diagnosing. The following result indicates the connection is ok.

Note:

When the trace is completed and the IP address in the end of the result mismatches the IP address of the server, as follows:

You can change the TTL (default is 20) in the Traceroute Max TTL. And try again.

[FAQ ID: 224]How to check the connections of your network components on the Router