You can monitor the operational status of your GT 70 Series router by checking the status lights on the front and back panels of your router. You can also check the connection between your PC and your router by running either the Ping or Telnet program.
Use Event Logging System (ELS) messages to assist you in identifying problems with your router. See the Event Logging System Messages Guide on the OpenROUTE Networks Web site: www.openroute.com.
This chapter contains the following topics:
Monitoring the Status Lights
Running Ping and Telnet
Monitoring the Status Lights
There are four green status lights in slots on the front of your GT 70 Series router. These lights indicate the current operating status of the router. The lights can glow steadily (ON) or they can blink. Table 5-1 indicates the meaning of each light.
Figure 5-1 Front of the GT 70 Series Router
Table 5-1
Lights on the Front of the GT 70 Series Router
Figure 5-2 GT 70 Series U Back Panel
Figure 5-3 GT 70 Series S/T Back Panel
Table 5-2 Lights on the Back of the GT 70 Series Router
Running Ping and Telnet
When you complete your router's initial configuration, you can quickly check to see whether your PC can reach the router and whether the router can forward data from your PC to a system on a remote LAN. If the ping and telnet commands are present on your PC or workstation, use these commands to check your connections. The location of the Ping and Telnet utilities varies from system to system, depending on your operating system and the vendor's TCP/IP stack.
From Your PC to the GT 70 Series Router
The steps below are for Windows 3.1. These steps may vary from system to system. To run Ping or Telnet from your PC to your router, do the following:
c:\pctcp\ping 128.185.19.6
ping 120.193.10.16