Juniper Networks - How Do I Ping the Gateway IP That is Defined in the Route to the Remote Firewall?

How Do I Ping the Gateway IP That is Defined in the Route to the Remote Firewall?

Knowledge Base ID:	KB4432
Version:	3.0
Published:	07 Oct 2008
Updated:	07 Oct 2008
Categories:	NS-5GT NS-5XP NS-5XT NS-25 NS-50 NS-204 NS-208 NS-5200 NS-5400 ScreenOS

Synopsis:

How Do I Ping the Gateway IP That is Defined in the Route to the Remote Firewall?

Problem:

Solution:

To ping the gateway IP address that is defined in the route to the remote firewall, perform the following steps:

From behind the local firewall, open the Command Prompt.

Enter ping [gateway ip address of the defined route of the remote firewall]; press ENTER.

note

In this example, the gateway IP address defined in the route of the remote firewall is 210.1.1.2.

Image of step two and note

note This ping is successful because 210.1.1.2 replies. An unsuccessful ping displays Request timed out.

Purpose:

Troubleshooting