How to Test a TCP/IP Router or Multihomed Host

Multihomed Host

If you are using a subnet and you are having problems talking to another subnet through TCP/IP, the following step can help you to determine if the problem is with the router.

How to Test a TCP/IP Router

Step 1

↣ Click on Start >> Click on Run
↣ Type in The Run Box >> CMD
↣ Ok
↣ Now Type In the CMD Box
↣ ping your system IP

If this PING works, your node is probably okay.

↣ Click on Start >> Click on Run
↣ Type in The Run Box
↣ CMD
↣ Ok
↣ Now Type In the CMD Box
↣ ping IP of the nearby system on the same network.

If this PING works, this side of the router is okay.

↣ Click on Start >> Click on Run
↣ Type in The Run Box
↣ CMD
↣ Ok
↣ Now Type In the CMD Box
↣ ping ip of the system of different network

If this PING works, the router is working.

↣ Click on Start >> Click on Run
↣ Type in The Run Box
↣ CMD
↣ Ok
↣ Now Type In the CMD Box
↣ ping ip of the remote host computer
↣ If this works, TCP/IP should be working fine.

Hope your problem is solved.

Multihomed Host| How to Test a TCP/IP Router

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