Far side of the router ?

All in the topic ! I just read on mcmcse.com study guide the troubleshooting steps and i saw that steps, what then by far side ?

Thanks !

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netcom2000

I aplogise for saying this but: Can you be more specific in your question, give more detail, etc

dannowel

This is on MCMSE study guide, check for #4...!? what they mean by far side of the router according to yo

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Basic TCP/IP troubleshooting steps include:

1. Ping 127.0.0.1 - This is the loopback address and verifies that the computer that you are pinging from can communicate via TCP/IP with its own ethernet adapter.

2. Ping own IP address - Verifies that a valid IP address was entered for this computer.

3.Ping default gateway - Typically this would be the near side of a router. If you can
ping this address, then you should be able to ping other hosts on your same subnet.

4.Ping far side of router - This will verify that the routing table is correct.

5.Ping remote host - If this works then it would appear that there are valid communications. If you are unable to connect to a host via host or domain name, see if you can connect to it using its IP address. If so, then you are likely having name resolution problems and should check your DNS configuration.

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bighornsheep

dannowel wrote:

This is on MCMSE study guide, check for #4...!? what they mean by far side of the router according to yo :

4.Ping far side of router - This will verify that the routing table is correct.

it's referring to an exterior network.

in a simple network like:

 A          B          C
 -  Router  -  Switch  -   Host

On the host machine you will do 1) and 2) to ensure functionality of C, and 3) to check B, and 4, the far side router will check A, and 5 double checks everything once again and ensure you have working connectivity to remote host through A, B, and C.