• SonicOS 7.0 Diagnostics for Policy Mode
• Introduction to Diagnostics for Policy Mode
• Terminal
• Tech Support Report
• Check Network Settings
• DNS Name Lookup
• Network Path
• Ping
• Trace Route
• Real-Time Blacklist
• Reverse Name Lookup
• Geo and Botnet
• URL Rating Request
• PMTU Discovery
• Switch Diagnostics
• Policy Lookup
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Check Network Settings

Check Network Settings is a diagnostic feature that automatically checks the network connectivity and service availability of several pre‐defined functional areas of SonicOS, returns the results, and attempts to describe the causes if any exceptions are detected.

This tool helps you locate the problem area when users encounter a network problem. The feature lists both IPv4 and IPv6 network settings in different tabs.

Specifically, Check Network Settings automatically tests the following functions:

• Default Gateway settings
• DNS settings
• MySonicWall server connectivity
• License Manager server connectivity
• Content Filter server connectivity

The return data consists of two parts:

• Test Results – Provides a summary of the test outcome
• Notes – Provides details to help determine the cause if any problems exist

The Check Network Settings feature is dependent on the Network Monitor feature available under Network | Network Monitor view. Whenever the Check Network Settings tool is being executed (except during the Content Filter test), a corresponding Network Monitor Policy appears on the Network | Network Monitor page, with a special diagnostic tool policy name in the form:

diagTestPolicyAuto_<IP_address/Domain_name>_0

Navigate to Device > Diagnostics > Check Network Settings.to use the Check Network Settings tool, first select it in the Diagnostic Tools drop‐down list and then click the Test button in the row for the item that you want to test. The results are displayed in the same row. A green check mark signifies a successful test, and a red X indicates that there is a problem.

To test multiple items at the same time, check the box for each desired item and then click TEST ALL SELECTED.