This introductory page to the Internet access configuration wizards summarizes the current Internet access configuration and allows the administrator to manually bring the connection up or down. It also allows to test the connection.
The first part of the frame summarizes all Internet access parameters for the current configuration: type, interface, account information, etc.
Then comes the access status: either Up or Down, and additional information about the current connection. This is followed by three buttons:
To perform this test, the program simply tries to ping an external host. If you wish to test the connection with a specific host, enter its IP in the Remote Test Host field and click on the Update button.
Remote Test Host | 198.41.0.6 |
It is generally a good idea to use your Internet Service Provider's DNS server as the remote test host.
Dynamic DNS Service | on |
Dynamic DNS Host Name | your_host_name.dyndns.org |
If you use a dynamic DNS service to configure your host name (i.e. you do not have a fixed IP address), click on the Modify button and complete the corresponding fields to set it up.