Running Diagnostic Utilities And Rebooting The Wireless Modem Router - NETGEAR RangeMax DG834N Reference Manual

DG834N RangeMax NEXT Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Reference Manual
• My Mail Server requires authentication—If you use an outgoing mail server provided by
your current ISP, you do not need to check this box. If you use an e-mail account that is not
provided by your ISP, check this box and enter the required user name and password
information.
• Send E-Mail alerts immediately. Select the corresponding check box if you would like
immediate notification of a significant security event, such as a known attack, port scan, or
attempted access to a blocked site.
• Send logs according to this schedule. Specifies how often to send the logs: Hourly, Daily,
Weekly, or When Full.
– Day for sending log
Specifies which day of the week to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent weekly or
daily.
– Time for sending log
Specifies the time of day to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent daily or weekly.
If the Weekly, Daily or Hourly option is selected and the log fills up before the specified
period, the log is automatically e-mailed to the specified e-mail address. After the log is sent, it
is cleared from the wireless modem router's memory. If the wireless modem router cannot e-
mail the log file, the log buffer may fill up. In this case, the wireless modem router overwrites
the log and discards its contents.
Running Diagnostic Utilities and Rebooting the Wireless
Modem Router
The RangeMax NEXT Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router has a diagnostics feature. You can use
the diagnostics menu to perform the following functions from the wireless modem router:
• Ping an IP Address to test connectivity to see if you can reach a remote host.
• Perform a DNS Lookup to test if an Internet name resolves to an IP address to verify that the
DNS server configuration is working.
• Display the Routing Table to identify what other wireless modem routers the wireless modem
router is communicating with.
• Reboot the wireless modem router to enable new network configurations to take effect or to
clear problems with the wireless modem router's network connection.
Managing Your Network
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